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Kroeberian en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English Kroeber Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kroeberian From Kroeber + -ian.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to theories formulated by American anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.
   • ...there are languages, in particular Eskimo and Tiwa, in which noun-incorporation of the Kroeberian sort appears. 1985, Sadock, Jerry, The Noun Incorporation Debate (Abstact), CSLI Newsletter, Stanford University, Vol. 2, No. 19 (Online)
   • Additionally, some academic institutions still teach the Kroeberian theory of extinction... 1998, Escobar, Lorraine, Understanding the Composition of Costanoan Indians, San Jose State University (Online)
   • Kroeberian frames of reference... 1994, Leventhal et al. (Bean, Lowell J., editor), Back from Extinction, in The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region, Ballena Press Publication, page 300

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