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Where does “latinamerikan” come from?

latinamerikan (Swedish) comes from Swedish Latinamerika, from Latvian Amerika, from 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.

latinamerikan (Swedish): a Latin American

Definitions

  1. a Latin American

Ancestry of “latinamerikan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishLatinamerika—
2LatvianAmerikaAmerica
3LatinAmerica—
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
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