Negroid is an adjective derived from the term Negro and refers to a presumed race of people mostly from sub-Saharan Africa. These people are now generally referred to as Congoids, Africans or Black Africans. Origin of the term The term has its etymological roots in the Latin word niger (black), with the earliest recorded use of the term "Negroid" in 1859. In modern use, the term is associated with "the division of humankind represented by the indigenous peoples of central and southern Africa".… (More on Negroid)