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amerykan.

type of baked cake with frosting and ammonia

8 characters4 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/a.mɛˈrɘ.kan/[a.mɛˈrɘ.kan][ˈa.mɛ.rɘ.kan]

  1. type of baked cake with frosting and ammonia

    animal-not-person · masculine

  2. type of billiards game

    animal-not-person · masculine · obsolete
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. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English Americanbor. Polish amerykan Borrowed from English American. First attested in the 19th century.

noun/a.mɛˈrɘ.kan/[a.mɛˈrɘ.kan][ˈa.mɛ.rɘ.kan]

  1. open (not covered) carriage not pulled by a coach box or with a goat in back

    historical · inanimate · masculine

  2. species of potato

    inanimate · masculine

  3. long-keeled yacht

    inanimate · masculine
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. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English Americanbor. Polish amerykan Borrowed from English American. First attested in the 19th century.

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