Etymology

Artagnan

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Today it means: A commune of Vic-en-Bigorre canton, Tarbes arrondissement, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France. Full definition →

French Artagnan ← Latin Artanius ← Transalpine Gaulish artos
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The story

  1. Transalpine Gaulish · derived fromartos“ursine bear”
  2. Latin · derived fromArtanius
  3. French · borrowed fromArtagnan
  4. English todayArtagnan

From French Artagnan, from Latin Artanius, from Transalpine Gaulish artos (“ursine bear”)+-anum.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.