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Where does “United Stater” come from?

United Stater (English) comes from English ER, from Turkish er, from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder.

United Stater (English): An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of...

Definitions

  1. An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of...

Ancestry of “United Stater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایر—
4Old Anatolian Turkishایر—
5Proto-Turkicēder—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder →