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Where does “Nostratic” come from?

Nostratic (English) comes from German nostratisch, from Latin nostrates — our fellow-countrymen.

Ancestry of “Nostratic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermannostratischNostratic
2Latinnostratesour fellow-countrymen

Words derived from “Nostratic”

  • Nostraticist
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