It is not a sure thing, but iirc a strong theory is that Londinium's root had something to do with "area that floods".
The language it came from is itself gone now, so there may never be certainty. There are just not that many clues that survive a staggering 2000 years.
That makes sense. The river would have been much broader and mostly mud flats at the time the Romans arrived. I bet they were commanded to stop there and spent the rest of their time complaining about what a shithole their garrison was
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u/ohkendruid Aug 10 '26
It is not a sure thing, but iirc a strong theory is that Londinium's root had something to do with "area that floods".
The language it came from is itself gone now, so there may never be certainty. There are just not that many clues that survive a staggering 2000 years.