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Helvetius
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Helvétius
Latin
Etymology
A la cel - name, from la cel-gau elu gain, prosperity, from la cel-pro *ɸelus, from la ine-pro *pleh₁- *pelh₁u- many; and cel-gau etu- terrain, grassland, which is cognate with sga íath grassland, territory.
Pronunciation
Helvētius
Adjective
Helvētius
of or pertaining to the Helvetii; Helvetian
la Helvēticus
Declension
Helvētius
Noun
Helvētius<2> Helvētia
member of the Helvetii
Declension
Helvētius 1
Descendants
ca helveci
en 1 Helvetius Helvetian<der:1>
fr helvète Helvète Helvétius<lbor:1>
it elvezio Elvezio
pt helvécio
es helvecio
References
Helvētĭī, iōrum, … ‖ ‑tĭcus, a, um, … et ‑tĭus, a
Helvetius in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.
Stifter, David (2008). Old Celtic Languages p. 14
Xavier Delamarre (Éditions Errance, 2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, pp. 162 and 168.
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