Defininiciones para comunidades indigenas

Darcey Flores
AIS 420
02/03/10

Definitions
Race
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, generation, from Old Italian razza
Date: 1580
1 : a breeding stock of animals
2 a : a family,tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock b : a class or kind of people unified by shared interests, habits, or characteristics
3 a : an actually or potentially interbreeding group within aspecies; also : a taxonomic category (as a subspecies) representing such a group b : breed c : a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits
4 obsolete : inherited temperamentor disposition
5 : distinctive flavor, taste, or strength
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race

Ethnic
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ethnicus, fromGreek ethnikos national, gentile, from ethnos nation, people; akin to Greek ēthos custom — more at sib
Date: 15th century
1 : heathen
2 a : of or relating to large groups of people classed accordingto common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background b : being a member of a specified ethnic group c : of, relating to, or characteristic of ethnicshttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic

Class
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French classe, from Latin classis group called to military service, fleet, class; perhaps akinto Latin calare to call — more at low
Date: 16021 a : a body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject b : the period during which such a body meets c : a course of instruction d : abody of students or alumni whose year of graduation is the same
2 a : a group sharing the same economic or social status b : social rank; especially : high social rank c : high quality : elegance
3: a group, set, or kind sharing common attributes: as a : a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order and below the phylum or division b : a collection of adjacent and discrete...