Etymograph

English

Lyons

Lyons comes from Latin Lugdūnum ‘fort of Lug’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *Lugus ‘the god Lugus’.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*Lugus‘the god Lugus’reconstructed
  2. Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CE*Lugudūnonreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELugdūnum‘fort of Lug’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Lyons
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*Lugus‘the god Lugus’reconstructed
  2. Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CE*Lugudūnonreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELugdūnum‘fort of Lug’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Lyons
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Old French Lyons (nominative of Lyon), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (‘fort of Lug’), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Every English word from Proto-Celtic *Lugus

Today it means

name A number of places in the United States: A town in Boulder County, Colorado.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *Lugus / Lyons

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