what does glottochronology mean?
GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY as NOUN
- Meaning
- the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
Usage Example(s)
- he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages
Hypernyms(s) glottochronology is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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