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Hamitic

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE0 M IH1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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noun

Meaning 3

a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hamitic language

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Hamite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Hamitic From Hamite + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: হামীয় (hamiẏô) — relative to the Hamites
  • Finnish: haamilainen — relative to the Hamites
  • French: chamitique — relative to the Hamites
  • Italian: camitico — relative to the Hamites
  • Spanish: camítico — relative to the Hamites