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Where does “americano” come from?

americano (Italian) comes from Italian America, 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 — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

americano (Italian): American, United States, US, Yankee; American

Definitions

  1. American, United States, US, Yankee; American

Ancestry of “americano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianAmerica—
2New LatinAmerica—
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

Words derived from “americano”

  • panamericano
  • antiamericano
  • filoamericano
  • americanistica
  • mesoamericano
  • americanologo
  • panamericanismo
  • paleoamericano
  • angloamericano
  • latino-americano
  • americanizzare
  • centroamericano
  • ispano-americano
  • afroamericano
  • antiamericanismo
  • ispanoamericano
  • italoamericano
  • latinoamericano
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