lexicostatistics

英 [leksɪkəʊstæ'tɪstɪks] 美 [leksɪkoʊstæ'tɪstɪks]

• n. 词汇统计学

英英释义

Noun:

1. a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language