Where does “Roem” come from?

Roem (Old French) comes from Latin Rotomagus, from Gaulish Ratumacos, from Gaulish magos, from Proto-Celtic magos, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

Ancestry of “Roem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinRotomagusThe chief city of the Veliocasses in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Rouen
2GaulishRatumacos—
3Gaulishmagosfield
4Proto-Celticmagosplain, field
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “Roem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic magos →Every word from Gaulish magos →
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