Amerind
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English
Etymology
Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.
Pronunciation
Noun
Amerind (plural Amerinds)
- An American Indian.
- The cultural hiatus associated with the Pine Pollen Zone suggests that Amerinds may have avoided the area.
Translations
an American Indian
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Adjective
Amerind (not comparable)
- (linguistics, obsolete) Of or relating to a hypothetical higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene.