asiatic
Asiatic is an English adjective used to describe something related to Asia, including its geography, peoples, languages, cultures, or origins. The term derives from Latin Asia and Greek Asia, and has appeared in English since early modern times. In older or more formal writing it was also used as a noun, as in “the Asiatics,” to refer to people of Asia; in contemporary usage this sense is generally avoided in favor of “Asian.”
In science and natural history, Asiatic is common in common names that indicate Asian origin, such as
Historically, the term has appeared in institutional and scholarly contexts, such as the Asiatic Society of
Today, “Asian” is the preferred term for people and for contemporary cultural, social, and political contexts.