Where does “Americana” come from?
Americana (English) comes from English America, from Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks, from Proto-Celtic rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Americana (English): All things peculiar to the United States' culture...
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- All things peculiar to the United States' culture...
Ancestry of “Americana”, step by step