Where does “Lyons” come from?

Lyons (French) comes from Latin Lugdunum, from Gaulish Lugudūnon, from Proto-Celtic Lugus — the god {{w|Lugus}}.

Ancestry of “Lyons”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLugdunumfort of Lug
2GaulishLugudūnon—
3Proto-CelticLugusthe god {{w|Lugus}}
Every word from Proto-Celtic Lugus →Every word from Gaulish Lugudūnon →Every word from Latin Lugdunum →