of or connected with the language group that includes Hebrew and Arabic 闪米特语族的，闪语的（包括希伯来语和阿拉伯语） of or connected with the people who speak Semitic languages, especially Hebrew and Arabic 闪米特人（尤指操希伯来语和阿拉伯语的人）的；闪族的
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.