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Latin
Etymology
From a Celtic name of the god Mogons (compare Gaulish Moguntia[1]), from Proto-Celtic *mogonts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mogontiācum n sg (genitive Mogontiācī); second declension
- Mainz (a city in modern Germany)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mogu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
- ^ Koch, J.T. (2005:1300) Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia ABC-CLIO Ltd