Hittite Definition
An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC.
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Noun
Origin of Hittite
From Hittite. Coined erroneously in the early 20th century in confusion with the neighboring Hattites (Hattic) whose language was recorded in discovered texts as [script?] (hasili). It is now known that the Hittites called themselves [script?] (nesili, “pertaining to the city of Nesa”), hence the much less used alternative name Nesite or Neshite.
From Wiktionary
From Hebrew ḥittî from Akkadian ḫatti from Hittite Hatti land of the Hattians (indigenous inhabitants of Anatolia) of Proto-Hattic (language of the Hattians) origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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