Where does “lombard” come from?
lombard (French) comes from Old French Lombard, from Italian lombardo, from Latin Longobardus, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.
lombard (French): Lombard; the Lombard language; the Lombardic...
Definitions
- Lombard; the Lombard language; the Lombardic...
Ancestry of “lombard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | Lombard | — |
| 2 | Italian | lombardo | Lombard |
| 3 | Latin | Longobardus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |