Etymograph

English

Limoges

Limoges comes from French Limoges, from Proto-Celtic *limos ‘elm’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁élem‘elm’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*limos‘elm’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELemovices
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentLimoges
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁élem‘elm’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*limos‘elm’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELemovices
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentLimoges
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from French Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears; of same ultimate origin as elm.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem ‘elm’

elm, 5 more

through Latin Lemovices

limousine, 2 more

Today it means

name A city, the capital of Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem / Limoges

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