hamite
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Hamite¹
Where it comes from
From Ham + -ite. Coined in the first half of the 19th century along with Semite and Japhetite and the adjectives Hamitic, Semitic, Japhetitic.
noun Hamites · Khamite
- A descendant of Ham, son of Noah, a member of the nations or peoples supposedly descended from Ham, i.e. the North African and the Horn African peoples. And when in history he was taught about the Africans as Hamites who had been cursed by Noah, everything including his family, his people and the priests fell into place.
hamite²
noun hamites
- Any member of the Hamites.
Translations
Talk about this word "hamite." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hamite. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. hamite. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hamite "hamite." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hamite.Cite this
@misc{hamite_2026,
title = {hamite},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hamite},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
