Etymology

Isigny-sur-Mer

Today it means: A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France. Full definition →

Old French Isignia ← Medieval Latin Isienio ← Late Latin Isiniacum
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The story

  1. Gaulish · derived fromIsina
  2. Late Latin · derived fromIsiniacum
  3. Medieval Latin · derived fromIsienio
  4. Old French · derived fromIsignia
  5. English todayIsigny-sur-Mer

From French, from Old French Isignia along with several variants, from Medieval Latin Isienio, from Late Latin Isiniacum, composed of the Gallo-Roman name Isinius + the locative suffix -acum. The name is possibly Latinized from the Germanic name Iso (compare Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) or otherwise Gaulish Isina.

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