semitic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Se=mit=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

semitic, a. 

 Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.  [1913 Webster]

Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Ph Encyc. Brit.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

semitic, adj.
1 of or relating to the Semites, esp. the Jews.
2 of or relating to the languages of the family including Hebrew and Arabic.

Etymology

mod.L Semiticus (as SEMITE)