Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Indo-European \In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an\, a.
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.
Indo-European \In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an\
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.
Source : WordNet®
Indo-European
n 1: a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo
European [syn: {Aryan}]
2: the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken
throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and
southern Asia [syn: {Indo-European language}, {Indo-Hittite}]
Indo-European
adj 1: of or relating to the Indo-European language family [syn: {Indo-Germanic}]
2: of or relating to the former Indo-European people;
"Indo-European migrations" [syn: {Indo-Aryan}, {Aryan}]