Belgae

Meaning

Noun

• A group of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel and the west bank of the Rhine, from at least the 3rd century BC.

Origin

• From Latin Belgae, an Iron-Age European group of tribes located between the rivers Seine and Rhine, from Proto-Celtic *belg-, *bolg-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- ("to bulge, swell"), thus meaning "People who swell (with fury/anger). Also see Old English belgan and Dutch gebelgd.