Dictionary

Americanist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Americanist From American + -ist.

Meanings

1. Favoring the values of the USA.
2. Of or relating to a phonetic notation developed for transcription of Native American and European languages. See Americanist phonetic notation.

Forms

Translations (1)

pl amerykanistyczny (favoring the values of the USA)

Americanist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Americanist From American + -ist.

Meanings

1. Somebody who favors the values of the USA.
   • He’s [JD Vance] creating a fake position—that Americanists should be built on nothing but fealty to the Declaration of Independence—in order to argue his real position: that Americanists should have nothing to do with the ideals and the Declaration of Independence. 2025 August 1, Ezra Klein, “Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2025:
2. An expert in the study of America.
3. A proponent of the Americanist phonetic notation.

Forms

Relateds

Latin Americanist · Americanism

Translations (11)

el αμερικανίστρια (expert in the study of America) · de Amerikanist (expert in the study of America) · es americanista (expert in the study of America) · it americanista (expert in the study of America) · nl amerikanist (expert in the study of America) · pl amerykanista (expert in the study of America) · de Amerikanistin (expert in the study of America) · pt americanista (expert in the study of America) · hu amerikanista (expert in the study of America) · el αμερικανιστής (expert in the study of America) · pl amerykanistka (expert in the study of America)