Pre-Greekとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

固有名詞

Pre-Greek

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.

形容詞

Pre-Greek (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to such a language or its speakers.

   Alternative form: pre-Greek

   Pre-Greek substrate

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