Vascones
/væˈskoʊniːz/noun
Vascones is the Latin name for an ancient people who lived chiefly in the western Pyrenees and parts of northern Iberia.
Did you know?The name Vascones is historically connected with Basque and Gascon, but scholars still cannot prove whether it came from the Vasconic language itself or from a neighboring people.
Etymological Timeline
1st Century BCE
Greek
Οὐασκώνες (Ouascones)
“The name used by Greek geographers for the Vascones of northern Iberia.”
1st Century BCE–1st Century CE
Latin
Vascones
“Roman ethnonym for a people occupying areas around the western Pyrenees and upper Ebro region.”
Late Antiquity
Latin
Vasconia
“The territory or land associated with the Vascones.”
Early Middle Ages
Latin
Wascones / Vascones
“Medieval forms referring to the Vasconian people and their region.”
Medieval Romance
Old French / Gascon
Basque / Gascon
“Later regional names historically associated with the Vascones, though their exact linguistic relationships are debated.”
Modern English
English
Vascones
“A learned historical name for the ancient people of the western Pyrenees.”