Etymology

Boudica

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Today it means: A queen of the British Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire, died c. 61 CE Full definition →

Latin Boudicca ← Proto-Celtic *Boudīkā
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*boudi“booty, victory”
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*boudīkos“victorious”
  3. Proto-Celtic · derived from*Boudīkā
  4. Latin · borrowed fromBoudicca
  5. English todayBoudica

From Latin Boudicca, from Proto-Celtic *Boudīkā (from which Proto-Brythonic *Bʉðig), from Proto-Celtic *boudīkos (“victorious”), from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“booty, victory”).

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