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What is the Latin root of 'American dream'?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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America is the Latin root of 'American dream'. The Latin proper noun derives from the Italian form, such as in the name Amerigo Vespucci [March 11, 1454-February 22, 1512]. The Italian proper noun in turn comes from the German 'Almerich'.

But the root of 'dream' isn't Latin. Instead, it's from the Old English 'dream', which means 'joy' and which in turn comes from the Old Norse' draum' for 'dream'.

Somnium americanum is the Latin equivalent of 'American dream'. The neuter gender noun 'somnium' means 'dream'. The adjective 'americanum' means 'American'.

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