Etymograph

English

Lombardy

Lombardy comes from Latin langobardus ‘Lombard’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *langabardaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langabardaz‘Lombard, of or pertaining to the Lombards, Lombardic’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElangobardus‘Lombard’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELangobardia
  4. EnglishtodayLombardy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langabardaz‘Lombard, of or pertaining to the Lombards, Lombardic’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElangobardus‘Lombard’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CELangobardia
  4. EnglishtodayLombardy

The story

From Latin Langobardia, named after Langobards, a Germanic tribe that invaded the region along with much of northern Apennine Peninsula in 6th century.

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *langabardaz

Today it means

name An administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *langabardaz / Lombardy

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