Etymology

Avalon

Av·a·lon
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Today it means: An island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death. Full definition →

Latin Avallōnia ← Proto-Brythonic *aβaln ← Proto-Celtic *abalnā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂ébōl
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*abalnā
  3. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*aβaln“apple tree”
  4. Latin · borrowed fromAvallōnia
  5. English todayAvalon

From Latin Avallōnia and īnsula Avallōnis, from Proto-Brythonic *aβaln (“apple tree”), from Proto-Celtic *abalnā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Cognate with Welsh Afallon /Afallach.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*h₂ébōl all →

maple

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