Where does “Seine” come from?
Seine derives from French Seine, from Latin Sequana, a river name of unknown origin.
Ancestry of “Seine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | seġne | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | sagīna | — |
| 3 | Latin | sagena | seine |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σαγήνη | large dragnet, seine; hunting net |