Atrebates.
A tribe of Gallia Belgica, situated between the rivers Somme and Scheldt
Meaning & usage
A tribe of Gallia Belgica, situated between the rivers Somme and Scheldt
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Celtic *adtrebates (“inhabitants”), from *attrebā, from *trebā (“home, building”), see also Middle Breton treff (“city”), Welsh tref (“town”) and Old Irish treb (“farm, building”), all from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“settlement”) (same source as Old English þorp (“village”), Lithuanian troba (“house”), and Provencal trevar (“to live in a village or house”)). See also Old Irish aittrebaid (“inhabitant”). Loaned through French into English as artesian.
nominative plural of Atrebās
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Celtic *adtrebates (“inhabitants”), from *attrebā, from *trebā (“home, building”), see also Middle Breton treff (“city”), Welsh tref (“town”) and Old Irish treb (“farm, building”), all from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“settlement”) (same source as Old English þorp (“village”), Lithuanian troba (“house”), and Provencal trevar (“to live in a village or house”)). See also Old Irish aittrebaid (“inhabitant”). Loaned through French into English as artesian.
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