Etymology

Poitiers

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Today it means: A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France. Full definition →

Middle French Poictiers ← Old French Peitiers ← Latin Pictāva
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Poitiers · proper noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromPictāva
  2. Old French · derived fromPeitiers
  3. Middle French · derived fromPoictiers
  4. English todayPoitiers

Directly borrowed from French Poitiers, Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

Poitiers · proper noun2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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