Australoid
/ˈɔː.strə.lɔɪd/noun
An outdated racial classification once used to group some peoples, especially in Australia and nearby regions.
Did you know?Australoid is a now-obsolete anthropological label formed with the Greek suffix -oid (“resembling”), and it reflects a discredited era when scholars tried to sort human beings into rigid racial types.
Etymological Timeline
19th Century
English
Australoid
“A racial type label used in physical anthropology”
19th Century
Latin
australis
“southern”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-oeidēs
“resembling, like”
Ancient Greek
Greek
eîdos
“form, shape, appearance”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weyd-
“to see, know”