Where does “Amerikan” come from?
Amerikan (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آمریقان, from French américain, from French Amérique, from New Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Ancestry of “Amerikan”, step by step
Words derived from “Amerikan”