Where does “Siena” come from?

Siena comes from Latin Sena, the Roman name for the settlement, derived from the Gaulish Senōnēs, the Celtic people who originally inhabited the region.

Ancestry of “Siena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianSiena
2Latinsenanominative neuter plural of sēnī; accusative...
3GaulishSenōnēs
4Proto-Celticsenosold
5Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénosEvery word from Proto-Celtic senosEvery word from Gaulish Senōnēs