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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HAMITIC

HAMITIC Ham *it "ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to Ham or his descendants. Hamitic languages, the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Somâli Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic. Keith Johnson.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Hamitic

Ham it ic |həˈmitik həˈmɪdɪk | ▶adjective historical of or denoting a hypothetical language family formerly proposed to comprise Berber, ancient Egyptian, the Cushitic languages, and the Chadic languages. These are now recognized as independent branches of the Afro-Asiatic family. ORIGIN from Ham (the name of a son of Noah ) + -ite 1 + -ic .

Oxford Dictionary

Hamitic

Hamitic |həˈmɪtɪk | ▶adjective historical of or denoting a hypothetical language family formerly proposed to comprise Berber, ancient Egyptian, the Cushitic languages, and the Chadic languages. These are now recognized as independent branches of the Afro-Asiatic family. ORIGIN from Hamite + -ic .