Insubres

English Noun p A Gaulish people who lived in Insubria. en Celtic tribes Translations Italian: it Insubri Anagrams en beinrssu suberins Latin Etymology Of la uncertain origin, but thought to be a Pre-Celtic la qfa-sub - name adapted by Celts or Romans.Insubres Archaeology suggests the Insubres emerged from a fusion of local Ligurian and Celtic elements in northern Italy, which may mean the name was carried over from a non‑Celtic local language that was later reinterpreted in Latin by analogy to Latin or Greek ethnonyms. Roman folk etymology (from writers such as Livy) interpreted the name as something like cel-gau *Isombres, possibly meaning "lower Umbrians," from cel-pro *en + la Umbri; also compare the tribe la Ambrones.Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, p. 60 Pronunciation Īnsubrēs Proper noun ((Īnsubrēs<3.I.pl>,Īnsubrēs<3.pl>)) m A tribe who dwelt both in Gallia Transalpina and Gallia Cisalpina Declension ((Īnsubrēs<3.I.pl>,Īnsubrēs<3.pl>)) Derived terms la Īnsuber a member of the Insubres References la Tribes