americanófilo

Portuguese

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-Indo-European *ḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos

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 -ano

Portuguese americano

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor.

Portuguese -filo

Portuguese americanófilo

From americano + -filo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.kaˈnɔ.fi.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.kaˈnɔ.fi.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.kaˈnɔ.fi.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɨ.ɾi.kɐˈnɔ.fi.lu/

• Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ca‧nó‧fi‧lo

Noun

americanófilo m (plural americanófilos, feminine americanófila, feminine plural americanófilas)

1. Americophile (lover of the United States)

Adjective

americanófilo (feminine americanófila, masculine plural americanófilos, feminine plural americanófilas)

1. Americophilic (loving the United States)

Further reading

• “americanófilo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “americanófilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026