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   pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 00:17:23 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
   Webster's 1913 edition had "Etym: [Named from Americus Vespucius.]" in it. Sure, but what's that name mean? Per https://www.etymonline.com/word/America#etymonline_v_10975 , it's kind of interesting:
   
   > Amerigo is Germanic, said to derive from Gothic Amalrich, literally "work-ruler."
   
   "Work-ruler". :terrythinking: "Negotium populo americano melius quam otium committi."
   
   > The Old English form of the name has come down as surnames Emmerich, Emery, etc. The Italian fem. form merged into Amelia.
   
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     pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 00:37:29 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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     Alex Jones's middle name is Emmerich, also.
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     @p NO!!!! FSE IS STILL NOT UP PETE!!!!! YOURE DREAMING!!!!!
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     tekne (577de06dce160a0379163a4bb7b680be3e0a0e1c68de6e6ba8c01134b44064dd@mostr.pub)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 01:47:57 JST tekne

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     I think it’s likely that it’s named after this deity. They ask the natives what the place is called and they say “amaru-qa” (Land of the flying serpent) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaru_(mythology)
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     pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2024 01:47:57 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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     • tekne
     @577de06dce160a0379163a4bb7b680be3e0a0e1c68de6e6ba8c01134b44064dd I've heard that; it's a stretch. The Spanish didn't enter Inca territory until about twenty years after "America" appeared as a name on the map, with a note about Vespucci. The Incas didn't publish too many books in Europe, and that name isn't even proposed as a source until the 20th century.
     
     In any case, I think the etymology of "Amerigo", the guy's name, is interesting. "Amalrich".