"Hamitic" meaning in English

See Hamitic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Hamite + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Hamite|ic}} Hamite + -ic Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} Hamitic
  1. of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages. Derived forms: Nilo-Hamitic, Semito-Hamitic Translations (relative to the Hamites): হামীয় (hamiẏô) (Bengali), haamilainen (Finnish), chamitique [feminine, masculine] (French), camitico (Italian), camítico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Hamitic-en-adj-co1uDJau Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Proper name

Etymology: From Hamite + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Hamite|ic}} Hamite + -ic Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hamitic
  1. (historical) A name formerly applied to those Afroasiatic languages that are not Semitic languages; a cover term (no longer used) for the Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, and Omotic languages. Tags: historical
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Alternative forms

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