Etymograph

English

Vosges

Vosges comes from Latin Vosegus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVosegus
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentVosges
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVosegus
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentVosges
  3. Englishtodaysame form

A compound of *uɸo- ‘sub-, under’ + *segos ‘force, victory’

Proto-Indo-European *upo

Proto-Celtic *uɸo- ‘sub-, under’

Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to overpower’

Proto-Celtic *segos ‘force, victory’

The story

From French Vosges, from Latin Vosegus (in the manuscripts also Vogesus), probably from the name of a Celtic god, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (‘sub-, under’) and *segos (‘force, victory’) (compare Middle Irish seg (‘strength’), Welsh hŷ (‘bold, brave’), and the place name Segovia).

Every English word from Latin Vosegus

Today it means

name A mountain range in eastern France.

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

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