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399 Etymology dictionary, p. Amerind (n.).2
1899, coined by Maj. John Wesley Powell at the Bureau of American Ethnology, where he was director, from American + Indian .
400 Etymology dictionary, p. celluloid (n.).2
transparent plastic made from nitro-celluloses and camphor, 1871, trademark name (reg. U.S.), a hybrid coined by U.S. inventor John Wesley Hyatt (1837-1900) from cellulose + Greek-based suffix -oid .