| 单词 | family-tree theory |
| 释义 | family-tree theory[ fam-uh-lee -tree, fam-lee- ] / ˈfæm ə li ˈtri, ˈfæm li- / noun Historical Linguistics.a theory that describes language change in terms of genetically related languages developing in successive splits from a common parent language, such as Indo-European, as depicted by a family tree diagram. Compare wave theory. Origin of family-tree theoryFirst recorded in 1930–35 Words nearby family-tree theoryfamily skeleton, family style, family support, family therapy, family tree, family-tree theory, family values, family way, famine, famish, famished Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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