Assyro-
(əˈsɪrəʊ)
comb. form of Assyrian a., as Assyro-Babylonian a., of or pertaining to both Assyria and Babylonia; spec. designating an ancient Semitic language of Mesopotamia; hence as n., = Akkadian n. 1.
| 1835 [see Medo-]. 1888 A. H. Sayce Hittites ii. 22 A large collection of clay tablets..in the Assyro-Babylonian language. 1932 W. L. Graff Lang. xi. 400 The only East Semitic language known is Akkadian, which was spoken in Ancient Babylonia and Assyria and is therefore sometimes called Assyro-Babylonian. 1952 O. R. Gurney Hittites iii. 82 The Hittite and Assyro-Cappadocian texts. |