indo-european > define

noun

• A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European.
  • synonyms: Aryan
• The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia.
  • synonyms: Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite

adjective

• Of or relating to the Indo-European language family.
  • synonyms: Indo-Germanic
• Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
  • usage: "Indo-European migrations"
  • synonyms: Indo-Aryan, Aryan

• (a.) Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family.
• A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India speaking an Indo-European language.