English

Can-Am

Canado-American; Pertaining to the United States (“American”) and Canada (“Canadian”)

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    Origin

    Blend of Canadian + American.

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    • partEnglishCanadian “Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.”
      • partEnglishCanada “A country in North America. Capital: Ottawa. Largest city: Toronto.”
        • borrowedFrenchCanada
      • partEnglish-ian “From, related to, or like.”
        • borrowedLatin-iānus “-ian”
        • borrowedArmenian-յան
    • partEnglishAmerican “A citizen or national of the United States of America.”
      • partEnglishAmerica “A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole…”
        • learned borrowingNew LatinAmerica
        • suffixEnglish-boo
      • derivedParaguayan Guarani[Term?]
      • partEnglish-n “belonging to”
        • inheritedMiddle English-n

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