Etymology

Americana

A·mer·i·ca·na
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Today it means: All things peculiar to the culture and people of the United States; anything that is a symbol of American life. Full definition →

English America ← New Latin America ← Italian Amerigo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  2. Proto-Germanic*amalą
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
  5. Proto-Celtic*rīxs
  6. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  7. Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
  8. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  9. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  10. Proto-Germanic*Haimarīksder.?
  11. ItalianAmerigo
  12. New LatinAmerica
  13. EnglishAmerica
  14. English todayAmericana

From America + -ana.

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