Mesoamérica

See also: Mesoamerica

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *médʰi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Hellenic *métsos

Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der.

Portuguese meso-

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-Indo-European *ḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos

Proto-Germanic *haimaz

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Proto-Germanic *rīks

Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.?

Italian Amerigoder.

New Latin Americalbor.

Portuguese América

Portuguese Mesoamérica

From meso- + América.

Proper noun

Mesoamérica f

1. Mesoamerica (a cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America)

Spanish

Etymology

From meso- +‎ América. Coined by German-Mexican anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1943.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mesoaˈmeɾika/ [me.so.aˈme.ɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -eɾika
• Syllabification: Me‧so‧a‧mé‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

Mesoamérica f

1. Mesoamerica (an ethnogeographic region in North America) (a cultural region containing southern Mexico and northern and central Central America)

Related terms

• mesoamericano / mesoamericana