Etymograph

English

Lisieux

Lisieux comes from French Lisieux, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *lexsowiyos ‘slanted, crippled’.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*lexsowiyos‘slanted, crippled’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELexoviī
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentLisieux
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*lexsowiyos‘slanted, crippled’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELexoviī
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentLisieux
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *lexsowiyos / Lisieux