Where does “Metz” come from?

Metz (Portuguese) comes from French Metz, from Latin Mediomatrici — A tribe of Gallia Belgica, whose chief town was Divodurum.

Ancestry of “Metz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMetz
2LatinMediomatriciA tribe of Gallia Belgica, whose chief town was Divodurum
Every word from Latin MediomatriciEvery word from French Metz
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