English Explanatory Dictionary

Alaunus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Gaulish god of healing and prophecy.

Word forms

Alaunus

Etymology

From Celtic/Gaulish name, possibly from Proto-Celtic *aleti (“to grow, nourish”). Or, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“to flow”); in either case, related to the city Altinum in Venetia.

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