Etymograph

English

Generica

Blend of generic + America.

A blend of generic + America

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‘race’

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus ‘genus, kind’

Middle French générique

English generic

New Latin America

English America

Today it means

name The features of the landscape such as fire hydrants, letterboxes, fast-food chains, and streets named Main, etc., that are the same throughout the United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Generica