Etymograph

English

Helvetii

Helvetii comes from Latin Helvetii.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHelvetii
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHelvetii
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

First element from Proto-Celtic *ɸelus (‘many’), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us (‘many’); second element said to be from Celtic root *ɸeitu (‘grassland, terrain’), which shares an origin with Old Irish íath (‘grassland, territory’).

Every English word from Latin Helvetii

Today it means

name A Gallic tribe that occupied the plain of Switzerland.

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

Etymograph / Latin Helvetii / Helvetii

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