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 sénos →Every word from Proto-Celtic senos →Every word from Gaulish Senōnēs →