Etymology

Anglo-American

Today it means: Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada. Full definition →

English American ← New Latin America ← Italian Amerigo
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The story

  1. EnglishAnglo-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  3. Proto-Germanic*amalą
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
  6. Proto-Celtic*rīxs
  7. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  8. Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  11. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  13. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  15. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  16. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  17. Proto-Germanic*Haimarīksder.?
  18. ItalianAmerigo
  19. New LatinAmerica
  20. EnglishAmerica
  21. EnglishAmerican
  22. English todayAnglo-American

From Anglo- + American.

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