Etymology

unamerican

U1N1A1M3E1R1I1C3A1N1
English American ← New Latin America ← Italian Amerigo
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  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-Germanic*haimaz
  16. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  17. Proto-Germanic*Haimarīksder.?
  18. ItalianAmerigo
  19. New LatinAmerica
  20. EnglishAmerica
  21. EnglishAmerican
  22. English todayunamerican

From un- + American.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.