of or connected with the language group that includes Hebrew and Arabic 閃米特語族的，閃語的（包括希伯來語和阿拉伯語） of or connected with the people who speak Semitic languages, especially Hebrew and Arabic 閃米特人（尤指操希伯來語和阿拉伯語的人）的；閃族的
Word Originfrom modern Latin Semiticus, via late Latin from Greek Sēm ‘Shem’, son of Noah in the Bible, from whom these people were traditionally supposed to be descended.