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americanus.

American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas)

10 characters5 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[a.mɛ.riːˈkaː.nʊs]Classical-Latin[a.mɛ.rɪˈkaː.nʊs]Classical-Latin[a.me.riˈkaː.nus]

  1. American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas)

    New-Latin · adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. Latin Amerī̆ca Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin amerī̆canus From Amerī̆ca + -ānus (“-an”).

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