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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Indo-European

/ĭnˌ-dōy-o͝orˌ-əp-ē'-ən/ · In·do-Eu·ro·pe·an · IPA /ˌɪndəʊˌjʊəɹəˈpiːən/
01 a. Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the peopl…
  1. 1.
    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.
    “The common origin of the Indo-European nations.” — Tylor.
02 A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India speaking an Indo-European language.
  1. 1.
    A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India speaking an Indo-European language.
    “Professor Otto Schrader . . . considers that the oldest probable domicile of the Indo-Europeans is to be sought for on the common borderland of Asia and of Europe, -- in the steppe country of southern Russia.” — Census of India, 1901.