Japhetic
Definition of Japhetic
1 : relating to or derived from Japheth who was a son of Noah —used vaguely as an ethnological epithet for the Caucasians of Europe and some adjacent parts of Asia
2 : of, relating to, or constituting a group of early non-Indo-European languages in Europe and western Asia assumed by some to form one family with the Caucasian languages and including Basque, Etruscan, Minoan, and sometimes Sumerian and Elamite — compare asianic
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Origin and Etymology of japhetic
Japheth (Japetus), one of the sons of Noah in the Bible (Genesis 5:32 ff.) + English -ic
Japhetic
Definition of Japhetic
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1 : the Japhetic languages
2 : a Japhetic language
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