Where does “Rouen” come from?

Rouen (Portuguese) comes from French Rouen, from Old French Roem, 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 “Rouen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchRouen
2Old FrenchRoem
3LatinRotomagusThe chief city of the Veliocasses in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Rouen
4GaulishRatumacos
5Gaulishmagosfield
6Proto-Celticmagosplain, field
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂-Every word from Proto-Celtic magosEvery word from Gaulish magos
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