Where does “Amerithrax” come from?

Amerithrax (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.

Amerithrax (English): The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, in which letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to news media offices and politicians

Definitions

  1. The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, in which letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to news media offices and politicians

Ancestry of “Amerithrax”, step by step

Amerithrax traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English America

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAmerica
2LatinAmerica
3ItalianAmerigo
4Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
5Proto-GermanicHaimarīksHenry
6Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
7Proto-Celticrīxsking
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via English anthrax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanthraxAn acute infectious disease of herbivores,...
2Ancient Greekἄνθραξcharcoal; a deep red precious stone, a carbuncle;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-
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