Eneolithic

name

Meaning

Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.

Examples

Perhaps linguists have provided a step towards the right solution in presenting evidence from Indo-European kinship terminology that the Indo-Europeans were very much into exogamy, including taking the Eneolithic equivalent of mail-order brides from afar.

Word Forms

more Eneolithic most Eneolithic Aeneolithic aeneolithic eneolithic Æneolithic

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian eneolitico, from Latin aeneus (“copper, bronze”).

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