Semitic Definition

sə-mĭtĭk
adjective
Designating or of the Semites or their languages or cultures.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or constituting a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic language group that includes Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic.
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Synonyms:
noun
A major subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Arabic, Akkadian, Canaanite, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Ethiopic.
Webster's New World
Any of the Semitic languages.
American Heritage

Origin of Semitic

  • New Latin Sēmiticus from Sēmita Semite from Late Latin Sēm Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Semites from Greek from Hebrew Šēm

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Semitic Sentence Examples

  • The Semitic race is represented by upwards of 5,000,000 Jews.

  • We are justified in supposing that the cult of the moon-god was brought into Babylonia by the Semitic nomads from Arabia.

  • Probably the custom was of African origin, and came from eastern Africa along with the Semitic race.

  • Semitic tribes wandered northwards from their home in Arabia to seek sustenance in its more fertile fields, to plunder, or to escape the pressure of tribes in the rear.

  • Apart from the great interest of his philosophical work, Lazarus was pre-eminent among the Jews of the so-called Semitic domination in Germany.

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Words Starting With

SSESEM

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CICTIC

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