From Latin Helvetii, from a Celtic name. First element from Proto-Celtic *ɸelu, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁u- ("many"); second element said to be from Celtic root *ɸētu, which shares an origin with Old Irish íath ("grassland, territory").
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