Where does “America” come from?
America (Italian) comes from New 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Ancestry of “America”, step by step
Words derived from “America”
- americano
- Mesoamerica
- Centroamerica
- آمریقا
- latinoamericano
- filoamericano
- afroamericano
- Amerika
- americanizzare
- panamericano
- italoamericano
- latino-americano
- angloamericano
- antiamericano
- centroamericano
- ispano-americano
- mesoamericano
- americanistica
- americanologo
- panamericanismo
- ispanoamericano
- paleoamericano
- americano
- americanista