Editing Commius (section)

==Name==
Commius (Commios, Comius, Comnios) has no obvious meaning in Celtic, though ‘friend’ or “ally” has been suggested by many etymologists because Com- tends to mean ‘with’ or “together” from archaic form of classical Latin Cum, translated into Germanic means Ge-. Commios might mean something like ‘hill’ In Germanic, as a version of the geographical term comb or kame, from PIE “gembh”. The Latin Commeo “to move back and forth” would be very appropriate for the shuttle diplomacy attributed to Commius, but that would imply he was remarkably Romanised for that early date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.romaneranames.uk/personal/commius.htm|title=commius|website=www.romaneranames.uk}}</ref>

The name Commius (British ''*Combios'' 'cutter, smiter, killer') is thought to derive from the Celtic verb ''*kom·binati'' 'to cut, smite, kill' (Welsh ''cymynu'', Old Irish ''com·ben'').<ref>{{cite book |last1=Delamarre |first1=Xavier |title=Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise |page=75}}</ref>

Chris Rudd in his "Ancient British kings and other significant Britons" suggested Com- meaning “friend” or perhaps literally ‘one who lives with?<ref>{{cite web|url=https://celticcoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ancient-british-kings3.pdf|title=Ancient British kings and other significant Britons |website=celticcoins.com |date=2015 |access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref>

Commios (Comios, Com, Carmanos, Carsisios, Comanvs) is a Gallo-Belgic title meaning an "elective monarch”, a title which can be considered to be the same as the more ancient Gallic title Comanus. The title is illustrated on Gaulish numismatics of the Morini (Mvrinos), Andecavi (Ande-com-bos) Carmanum (Comios Carmastos) Sessui (Comios Cajrsicios) Eburones (Eburovi-com) Viducasses (Vde-com). The Commius of Caesar was the confederate head of one or more states in which there was no king at the time, and in which he held the highest title Commios. There are no coins extant of this Commius that we know of, so we cannot get at his real name and having afterwards been made king of the Atrebates by Caesar and subsequently of the Morini.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/celticinscripti01postgoog/celticinscripti01postgoog_djvu.txt |title=Celtic Inscriptions on Gaulish and British Coins |access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref>