Etymology

Vienne

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Today it means: A town and commune of Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Full definition →

French Vienne ← Classical Latin Vienna
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Vienne · proper noun1

  1. Classical Latin · derived fromVienna
  2. French · borrowed fromVienne
  3. English todayVienne

Borrowed from French Vienne, from Classical Latin Vienna, further etymology uncertain. Doublet of Vienna.

Vienne · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromVienne
  2. English todayVienne

Borrowed from French Vienne, possibly from *vig-, with a pre-Celtic suffix -ara (see Vienne (affluent de la Loire)#Étymologie on French Wikipedia). The department was named after the river.

Words from the same roots

Classical LatinVienna all →

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