Bayeux

The story

1. Gaulish · derived from*Bodiocasses
2. Latin · derived fromBaiocassī
3. Late Latin · derived fromBaiocae
4. Old French · derived fromBaios
5. French · borrowed fromBayeux
6. English todayBayeux

Borrowed from French Bayeux, from Old French Baios, Baieus, from Late Latin Baiocae, from Latin Baiocassī, from Gaulish *Bodiocasses (a tribe name, literally “blond curls”) (compare Old Irish buidechass). Compare the surrounding region of Bessin (Old French Beissin), from Late Latin (pagus) Baiocassīnus.