Editing Livia gens (section)

==Origin==
History preserves no traditions concerning the origin of the Livian gens. Although its members are not found in the first two centuries of the Republic, there is nothing in particular to suggest a foreign origin. The regular cognomina of the Livii are all [[Latin]]. The [[Nomen gentilicium|nomen]] ''Livius'' is generally supposed to be derived from the same root as {{lang|la|liveo, lividus}}, and {{lang|la|livor}}, all with the meaning of leaden or bluish-grey, but this connection is not absolutely certain.<ref>Chase, 150.</ref><ref>Walde, p. 346.</ref><ref>''The New College Latin & English Dictionary'', "liveo", "lividus", "livor".</ref> [[Julius Pokorny|Pokorny]] dismissed this derivation, arguing that the nomen either predated these words, or could not be linguistically connected with them. He hypothesized an [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] origin for the Livii.<ref>''Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch'', p. 965 (1998–2003 edition).</ref>