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Eneolithic en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
   • 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. 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:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Aeneolithic		alternative	lexicographic
Æneolithic		alternative	lexicographic
most Eneolithic	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more Eneolithic	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
eneolithic		alternative	lexicographic
aeneolithic		alternative	lexicographic

Synonyms

Cyprolithic · Chalcolithic · Copper Age

Translations (10)

pt calcolítico (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · pl eneolityczny (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · ca eneolític (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · pt eneolítico (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · de chalkolithisch (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · fr énéolithique (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · ro eneolitic (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · it eneolitico (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · hi ताम्रयुग (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · fr cuprolithique (describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age)

Eneolithic en · PROPN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
   • The spread of PIE has therefore been linked to a Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze-Age expansion of nomadic horse-riders and stock-breeders, visible in the archaeology of the Steppe. 2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 12:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Æneolithic		alternative	lexicographic
aeneolithic		alternative	lexicographic
Aeneolithic		alternative	lexicographic
eneolithic		alternative	lexicographic

Synonyms

Copper Age · Chalcolithic

Translations (12)

tr Bakır Çağı (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · de Chalkolithikum (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · tr Maden Taş Çağı (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · it eneolitico (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · pl eneolit (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · sh енеолит (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · de Kupferzeit (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · pt eneolítico (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · de Kupfersteinzeit (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · ca eneolític (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · tr Kalkolitik Çağ (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age) · tr Bakır Taş Çağı (age between the Neolithic and Bronze age)