Amerigo

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *amalaz

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 *tḱóymos

Proto-Germanic *haimaz

Proto-Germanic *rīks

Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.?

Italian Amerigo

From Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, possibly merged with *Haimarīks (ancestor of Enrico and Enzo). Cognate with German Emmerich and English Amery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.meˈri.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Hyphenation: A‧me‧rì‧go

Proper noun

Amerigo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Amery

Derived terms

• America

Anagrams

• agiremo, ergiamo