Armenoid
/ˈɑːrməniɔɪd/noun
An outdated anthropological term formerly used for a supposed physical type associated primarily with Armenians and neighboring populations.
Did you know?Armenoid was part of now-discredited racial typologies that treated complex human variation as fixed biological categories rather than fluid population history.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
eîdos
“Form, shape, or appearance”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-oeidḗs
“Like, resembling, or having the form of”
Classical Antiquity
Greek/Latin
Armenía / Armenia
“The geographic name for Armenia; its deeper origin is uncertain”
19th Century
Scientific English
Armenoid
“A proposed human physical type resembling features attributed to Armenians”
Modern English
English
Armenoid
“An outdated anthropological label, generally avoided in modern biological anthropology”