Where does “veramerikaansen” come from?
veramerikaansen (Dutch) comes from Dutch Amerikaans, from Dutch Amerikaan, from Dutch Amerika, from New Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
veramerikaansen (Dutch): to Americanise
Definitions
- to Americanise
Ancestry of “veramerikaansen”, step by step
veramerikaansen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Amerikaans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Amerikaans | American |
| 2 | Dutch | Amerikaan | American |
| 3 | Dutch | Amerika | America |
| 4 | New Latin | America | — |
| 5 | Italian | Amerigo | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *Amalarīks | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | Haimarīks | Henry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |