indo-european Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
    Aryan.
  2. noun the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
    Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite.
  3. adjective of or relating to the Indo-European language family
    Indo-Germanic.
  4. adjective of or relating to the former Indo-European people
    Indo-Aryan; Aryan.
    • Indo-European migrations

WordNet

In`do-Eu`ro*pe"an adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913