Where does “Garonne” come from?

Garonne comes from French Garonne, from Latin Garumna, from Gaulish garunda, of unknown ultimate origin.

Garonne (English): A river that flows from the Spanish Pyrenees into the Atlantic Ocean

Definitions

  1. A river that flows from the Spanish Pyrenees into the Atlantic Ocean

Ancestry of “Garonne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchGaronne—
2LatinGarumnaOne of the longest rivers in France, the Garonne
3Gaulishgarundashallows, riverbank
4Proto-Celticgarwosviolent, rough, bumpy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- →Every word from Proto-Celtic garwos →Every word from Gaulish garunda →