Artois
French
proper noun
Definitions
- (historical) A former county of the Kingdom of France, in what is now northern France
- (historical) A former state of the Holy Roman Empire, in what is now northern France
Etymology
Inherited from Old French Arteis inherited from Latin Atrebates derived from Proto-Celtic *ad-treb-a-t-es (inhabitants).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*ad-treb-a-t-es
Gloss
inhabitants
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thorpe English
- Atrebates Latin
- puits artésien French
- *treb- Proto-Indo-European
- *þurpą Proto-Germanic
- þorp Old English
- thorp Middle English
- Arteis Old French
- *þorp gmw-pro
- *ad-treb-a-t-es Proto-Celtic
- *ad-treb-a-t-es, *attrebass Proto-Celtic