Where does “paleoamericano” come from?

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

paleoamericano (Italian): Paleo-Indian

Definitions

  1. Paleo-Indian

Ancestry of “paleoamericano”, step by step

paleoamericano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian americano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianamericanoAmerican, United States, US, Yankee; American
2ItalianAmerica—
3New LatinAmerica—
4ItalianAmerigo—
5Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks—
6Proto-GermanicHaimarīksHenry
7Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
8Proto-Celticrīxsking
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Spanish americano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishamericanoof the Americas; of the United States; American
2Spanish-añoUsed to form form adjectives or nouns derived from Latin
3Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs →Every word from Proto-Celtic rīxs →