Helvetii

[复] n.(古罗马恺撒时代居住在今瑞士西部和北部的)赫尔维西亚人

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A Gallic tribe that occupied the plain of Switzerland.

    历史

词源

From Latin Helvetii, from a Celtic name. First element from Proto-Celtic *ɸelus (“many”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us (“many”); second element said to be from Celtic root *ɸeitu (“grassland, terrain”), which shares an origin with Old Irish íath (“grassland, territory”).

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