Cushite

English

Alternative forms

Kushite

Etymology

Cush +‎ -ite, coined in the 1820s. In the early 19th century, the term referred to the tan to dark-skinned people of the Horn of Africa (synonymous with Herodotus' Ethiopians) in general. The technical linguistic sense is due to Friedrich Müller (1876).

Adjective

Cushite (not comparable)

Pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa, considered the descendants of biblical Cush.

Translations

pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa, descendants of biblical Cush

German: kuschitisch

Hebrew: כּוּשִׁי‎ (he) m (kushí)

Proper noun

Cushite

A member of one of the people of the Horn of Africa.
A sub-family of the Afro-Asiatic languages; Cushitic.

Translations

member of one of the people of the Horn of Africa

German: Kuschite m, Kuschitin f, Kuschiter m, Kuschiterin f

Hebrew: כּוּשִׁי‎ (he) m (kushí)

sub-family of the Afro-Asiatic languages; Cushitic

German: Kuschitisch n

Anagrams

cuteish

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