Etymology
The term has both Greek and Latin etymological roots. It literally translates as "black resemblance" from negro/niger (black), and -oeidēs, equivalent to -o- -o- + -eidēs having the form of, derivative of eîdos form. The earliest recorded use of the term "Negroid" came in 1859. In modern use, the term is associated with "the division of mankind represented by the indigenous peoples of central and southern Africa".
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