Editing Senones (section)

== Name ==
They are mentioned as ''Sḗnōnes'' (Σήνωνες) and ''Sḗnōnas'' (Σήνωνας) by [[Polybius]] (2nd c. BC),<ref>[[Polybius]]. ''Historíai,'' 2:17:7, 19:10, 20:1, 21:7.</ref> ''Senonii'' by [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] (mid-1st c. BC),<ref>[[Julius Caesar|Caesar]]. ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico'', 2:2.</ref> ''Sénnōnes'' (Σέννωνες) by [[Diodorus Siculus]] (1st c. BC),<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]]. ''Bibliotheca historica'', 14:113:3.</ref> ''Sénōnes'' (Σένωνες) by [[Strabo]] (early 1st c. AD),<ref>[[Strabo]]. ''Geōgraphiká'', 4:3:5.</ref> ''Senones'' by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] (1st c. AD),<ref>[[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]]. ''Naturalis Historia'', 4:107.</ref> ''Sénones'' (Σένονες) by [[Ptolemy]] (2nd c. AD),<ref>[[Ptolemy]]. ''Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis'', 2:8:9.</ref> and as ''Senones'' by [[Ammianus Marcellinus|Ammianus]] (4th c. AD).<ref>[[Ammianus Marcellinus]]. ''Res Gestae'', 15:11:11.</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Falileyev|2010}}, s.v. ''Senones''.</ref>

The [[Gaulish]] [[ethnonym]] ''Senones'' is generally interpreted as meaning 'the ancient ones', by deriving the name from the [[Proto-Celtic language|Proto-Celtic]] root ''*sen-'' ('old'; cf. [[Old Irish]] ''sen''; [[Middle Welsh]] ''hen'' 'old') extended by the suffix -''on-es''.{{Sfn|Delamarre|2003|p=270}}{{Sfn|Matasović|2009|p=330}} [[Pierre-Yves Lambert]] has also proposed an etymology from the root *''sen(H)''-, meaning 'to gain, vanquish'.{{Sfn|Lambert|1994|p=34}} In ancient times, [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] compared the name to the Greek ξενός ('guest-friend, host, stranger').<ref>{{Harvnb|Lambert|2005}}, s.v. Σένονες.</ref>

The city of [[Sens]], attested in the 4th century AD as ''Senonas oppidum'' ('[[oppidum]] of the Senones'), is named after the Gallic tribe.{{Sfn|Nègre|1990|p=157}}{{sfn|Nouvel|Delor-Ahü|Estur|Venault|2015}}