Semites

Semites is a word that was used for people who speak a Semitic language like Arabic or Hebrew. Scientists no longer use the words Semites or Semitic peoples, but they still speak of Semitic languages.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Origin

The word Semite was taken from Shem, a son of Noah in the Genesis (chapters 6-11). It was first used in the 1770s by German professors at the University of Göttingen.^[6]

Related pages

• Hamitic
• Antisemitism