Etymology

un-American

Today it means: Contrary to the principles, institutions or interests of the United States; anti-American. Full definition →

English American ← New Latin America ← Italian Amerigo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  9. Proto-Germanic*amalą
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
  12. Proto-Celtic*rīxs
  13. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  14. Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  17. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  19. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  21. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  22. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  23. Proto-Germanic*Haimarīksder.?
  24. ItalianAmerigo
  25. New LatinAmerica
  26. EnglishAmerica
  27. EnglishAmerican
  28. English todayun-American

From un- + American.

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