Etymology

Logroño

Today it means: The capital city of La Rioja, in northern Spain, on the river Ebro. Full definition →

Spanish Logroño ← Old Spanish lo ← Celtiberian gronio
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The story

  1. Celtiberian · derived fromgronio“ford”
  2. Old Spanish · derived fromlo
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromLogroño
  4. English todayLogroño

Borrowed from Spanish Logroño, of unknown origin, but most likely from Old Spanish lo (definite article) + Celtiberian gronio (“ford”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.