Where does “Auvergne” come from?

Auvergne comes from French Auvergne, derived from Latin Arvernia, which referred to the territory of the Arverni, a Gallic people of central France.

Ancestry of “Auvergne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchAuvergne
2LatinArvernia
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Auvergne

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iaEvery word from Latin -ius
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