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==Origin==
==Origin==
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian Akkadians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew Hebrews], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic Arabs]
*1a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian Akkadians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew Hebrews], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic Arabs]
:b : a [[descendant]] of these peoples
:b : a descendant of these peoples
2: a member of a [[modern]] people speaking a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic#Languages Semitic language]
*2: a member of a [[modern]] people speaking a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic#Languages Semitic language]
==Description==
==Description==
In [[linguistics]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnology ethnology], '''Semitic''' (from the Biblical "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem Shem]", Hebrew: שם, [[translated]] as "name", Arabic: ساميّ) was first used to refer to a [[language]] family of largely [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East Middle Eastern] origin, now called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages '''Semitic languages''']. This [[family]] includes the ancient and modern forms of Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Tigre and Tigrinya among others.
In [[linguistics]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnology ethnology], '''Semitic''' (from the Biblical "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem Shem]", Hebrew: שם, [[translated]] as "name", Arabic: ساميّ) was first used to refer to a [[language]] family of largely [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East Middle Eastern] origin, now called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages '''Semitic languages''']. This [[family]] includes the ancient and modern forms of Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Tigre and Tigrinya among others.