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Where does “Reims” come from?
Reims (French) comes from Latin rēmi, from Proto-Celtic *ɸreimos — chief.
Ancestry of “Reims”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
rēmi
A tribe of Gallia Belgica whose chief town was Durocortorum
2
Proto-Celtic
*ɸreimos
chief
Words derived from “Reims”
reins
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