1. A statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language

See also: lexicostatistic

Type of: etymology

Encyclopedia: Lexicostatistics

• sedateness
• sedation
• sedative
• sedative drug
• sedative-hypnotic
• sedative-hypnotic drug
• sedentary
• Seder
• sederunt
• sedge
• sedge bird
• sedge family
• sedge warbler
• sedge wren
• sedgelike
• sedgy
• sedilia
• sediment
• sedimentary
• sedimentary clay
• sedimentary rock
• sedimentation
• sedimentation rate
• sedition
• seditious