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Where does “Friûl” come from?

Friûl (Friulian) comes from Latin Forum Iulii, from Latin forum, from Proto-Italic *forom.

Ancestry of “Friûl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinForum IuliiJulius' forum
2Latinforumpublic place, marketplace, forum
3Proto-Italic*forom—
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