OSCO-UMBRIAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Osco-Umbrian mean? • OSCO-UMBRIAN (noun)
The noun OSCO-UMBRIAN has 1 sense:
1. a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin
Familiarity information: OSCO-UMBRIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OSCO-UMBRIAN (noun)
Meaning:
A group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Osco-Umbrian" is a kind of...):
Italic; Italic language (a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Osco-Umbrian"):
Umbrian; Oscan (an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy)
Sabellian (an extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions)
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