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English
Etymology
From Latin Helvetii, from a Celtic name. First element from Proto-Celtic *ɸelu, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁u- (“many”); second element said to be from Celtic root *ɸētu (“grassland, terrain”), which shares an origin with Old Irish íath (“grassland, territory”).
Proper noun
Helvetii pl
- (historical) A Gallic tribe that occupied the plain of Switzerland.
Translations
References
- Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions Errance, 2003), pp. 162 and 168.
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Helvētiī m pl (genitive Helvētiōrum); second declension
- A Gallic tribe of ancient Gaul
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Adjective
Helvētiī
- inflection of Helvētius:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
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