ethnic

English

/ˈɛθ.nɪk/

adj
Definitions
  • Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
  • Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
  • Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
  • (historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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