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 Mediomatrici →Every word from French Metz →