Etymology

Vendée

Today it means: A department of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon. Full definition →

French Vendée ← Gaulish *vindos ← Proto-Celtic *windos
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*windos“white”
  2. Gaulish · derived from*vindos“white”
  3. French · borrowed fromVendée
  4. English todayVendée

From French Vendée, possibly from Gaulish *vindos (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*windos all →

vendace

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