"Pre-Greek" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Calque of German Vorgriechisch. By surface analysis, pre- + Greek. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|de|Vorgriechisch}} Calque of German Vorgriechisch, {{surf|en|pre-|Greek}} By surface analysis, pre- + Greek Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=Pre-Greek}} Pre-Greek (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to such a language or its speakers. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): esikreikkalainen (Finnish), vorgriechisch (German), pregreco [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] (Italian), preellenico [historical] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-Pre-Greek-en-adj-406dxa-7 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55

Proper name

Etymology: Calque of German Vorgriechisch. By surface analysis, pre- + Greek. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|de|Vorgriechisch}} Calque of German Vorgriechisch, {{surf|en|pre-|Greek}} By surface analysis, pre- + Greek Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Pre-Greek}} Pre-Greek
  1. A hypothetical language (or languages) conjectured to have been spoken in prehistoric Greece before the arrival of Proto-Greek speakers, and used to explain the large number of non-Indo-European words found in Ancient Greek. Categories (topical): Ancient Greece, Languages
    Sense id: en-Pre-Greek-en-name-JWPsG2Iv Categories (other): Greek, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 65

Alternative forms

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