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Vascones.

Vascones (a pre-Roman tribe between the Ebro and the Pyrenees in northeastern Hispania Tarraconensis generally taken to be the early Basques)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈwas.kɔ.neːs]Classical-Latin[ˈvas.ko.nes]
  1. Vascones (a pre-Roman tribe between the Ebro and the Pyrenees in northeastern Hispania Tarraconensis generally taken to be the early Basques)

    declension-3 · historical
  2. Basques

    New-Latin · declension-3
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek Οὐάσκωνες (Ouáskōnes) attested in Strabo's 1st-century Geographica, Book III, of uncertain origin. Variously derived from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) (literally “he-goat people”) or a variant of Ausci. According to Antonio Tovar, the name could have been from an exonym of entirely Proto-Indo-European origin given to the Basques by earlier Indo-Europeans inhabiting Basque country, based on the name ba(r)scunes found inscribed on coins matching the territory and period. The name would have been comprised of: * the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, point, top”) * the suffix *-kon- * the consonant stem suffix *-es indicating the name as a nominative plural Thus, the name would have meant something like "the high (proud) people."

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