amerind
2 synonyms for amerind, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Describing a now largely rejected theory grouping together the native languages of the Americas, apart from Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene.
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Amerindic
Etymology
A blend of American and Indian, or possibly of American and indigenous. It first appears around 1899, in the publication American Anthropologist.
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