Central Europe
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The Aryan family of lan- guages includes Sanskrit, Zend, Latin, Greek, Celtic, Persian and Hindu, with all the Euro- pean, except Basque, Turkish, Hungarian, and
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Central Europe” mean?
The Aryan family of lan- guages includes Sanskrit, Zend, Latin, Greek, Celtic, Persian and Hindu, with all the Euro- pean, except Basque, Turkish, Hungarian, and
Is “Central Europe” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.