Eneolithic

See also: eneolithic

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Etymology

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

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Eneolithic (comparative more Eneolithic, superlative most Eneolithic)

  1. (archaeology, paleontology) Describing the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
    • 2025 April 24, J. P. Mallory, “15: The Steppe Model”, in The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story, Thames & Hudson, →ISBN:
      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.

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Eneolithic

  1. (archaeology, paleontology) The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.

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