Where does “Lombard” come from?

Lombard (Old French) comes from Italian lombardo, from Latin Longobardus, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Ancestry of “Lombard”, step by step

Lombard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian lombardo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianlombardoLombard
2LatinLongobardus—
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Late Latin langobardus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinlangobardusa Lombard
2Proto-Germanic*langabardazLombard, of or pertaining to the Lombards, Lombardic
3Proto-Germanicbardazbeard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

Words derived from “Lombard”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Latin Longobardus →