Where does “Friuli” come from?

Friuli is the English name for a region in northeastern Italy, derived from Italian Friuli, whose ultimate origin is uncertain.

Ancestry of “Friuli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianFriuli—
2FriulianFriûlFriuli
3LatinForum IuliiJulius' forum
4Latinforumpublic place, marketplace, forum
5Proto-Italic*foromforum

Words derived from “Friuli”

Every word from Proto-Italic *forom →Every word from Latin forum →Every word from Latin Forum Iulii →