Etymology

Brigantia

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Today it means: A Celtic goddess of victory. Full definition →

Latin Brigantia ← Proto-Celtic *Brigantī ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰérǵʰonts
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*Brigantī
  3. Latin · borrowed fromBrigantia
  4. English todayBrigantia

Borrowed from Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts, from the root *bʰerǵʰ-. Doublet of Bragança.

Words from the same roots

LatinBrigantia all →

Bragança

Proto-Celtic*Brigantī all →

BrigidBregenzBragança

Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰonts all →

BregenzBragança

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