English Explanatory Dictionary

Pre-Greek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hypothetical language (or languages) conjectured to have been spoken in prehistoric Greece before the arrival of Proto-Greek speakers, and used to explain the large number of non-Indo-European words found in Ancient Greek.
adj
  1. Of or relating to such a language or its speakers.
adj
  1. Alternative form of Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Pre-Greek.wav

Word forms

Pre-Greek

Etymology

Calque of German Vorgriechisch. By surface analysis, pre- + Greek.

Related words

pre-Greek
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