Etymology

Nanterre

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Today it means: A city in Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France. Full definition →

French Nanterre ← Old French Nantuerre ← Latin Nemetodurum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰwṓr
  2. Gaulish · derived from*durom“door”
  3. Proto-Celtic · derived from*nemetom“sanctuary”
  4. Latin · derived fromNemetodurum
  5. Old French · derived fromNantuerre
  6. French · borrowed fromNanterre
  7. English todayNanterre

Borrowed from French Nanterre, from Old French Nantuerre, Latin Nemetodurum, from Proto-Celtic *nemetom (“sanctuary”) and Gaulish *durom (“door”), from Proto-Celtic *dwār, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*nemetom all →

nemeton

Proto-Indo-European*dʰwṓr all →

door

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.