Amerind

¹

[ am-uh-rind ]

noun

1. Indian ( def 1 ).
2. any of the Indigenous languages of the American Indians.

AmerInd

²

or Amer. Ind.

abbreviation for

1. American Indian ( def 2 ).

Sensitive Note

See Indian.

Other Words From

• Amer·indic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amerind¹

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; Amer(ican) + Ind(ian)

Example Sentences

A controversial minority view is that of the linguist Joseph Greenberg, who groups all Native American languages other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene languages into a single large family, termed Amerind, with about a dozen subfamilies.

From Literature

Southwest; and Amerind, much the biggest family, spoken everywhere else, including all of Central and South America.

From Literature

Health & Science article “Easter Island’s people weren’t alone” stated that South American Amerind DNA in the Easter Island population resulted from islanders bringing people back from South America.

From Washington Post

It is not clear why the Chipewyans and others speak a Na-Dene language if most of their DNA is from Amerind speakers.

From New York Times

Enough has been said to show that such status was widely different from that usually attributed to the women of the Amerinds.

From Project Gutenberg