Amerind

[am-uh-rind]

Origin

noun

Indian (def. 1).

any of the indigenous languages of the American Indians.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; Amer(ican) + Ind(ian)

Related forms

Am·er·in·dic, adjective

Usage note
See Indian.

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American Indian.

Also, Amer. Ind.

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Word Origin & History

Amerind

1899, coined by Maj. John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) at the Bureau of American Ethnology, where he was director, from American + Indian.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

AmerInd
American Indian

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