Indo-European /ˌɪndəʊˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən/adjective 4noun 4forms 3 adjective4 •Of or relating to the family of languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia. •Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. •Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread early Indo-European languages. •Of or relating to persons of mixed European and Indian or Indonesian ancestry. noun4 •A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Indo-European and thus to have been the ancestor for most of India and Western Eurasia.Thus, although at least one term for ‘alder’ can be reconstructed to PIE, the wide distribution of this tree prevents it from being diagnostic of the earlier location of the Indo-Europeans. — 1997 •A speaker of any Indo-European language (though especially an ancient one), or a member of an Indo-European culture, who is regarded as a continuation of the Proto-Indo-Europeans in terms of language, ancestry, or cultural affinity. •A person of mixed European and Indian or Indonesian ancestry. •(rare) A European living in India or the Indies.The sale of looted items persisted for a month, and quick profits were made by burghers and Indo-Europeans. — 2020 formsIndo-Europeans · more Indo-European · most Indo-European
