Editing Angers (section)

=== Etymology ===

The city is first mentioned by [[Ptolemy]] around AD&nbsp;150 in his ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Geography]]''. It was then known as '''Juliomagus''' ({{langx|grc|Ἰουλιόμαγος}}, ''Iouliómagos''),<ref name="DauzatRostaing">{{Cite book |last1=Albert Dauzat |title=Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France |last2=Charles Rostaing |publisher=Librairie Guénégaud |year=1979 |isbn=2-85023-076-6 |location=Paris |page=18b |author1-link=Albert Dauzat |author2-link=Charles Rostaing }}</ref><ref>[[Ptolemy]], ''Geography'', II, 8, 8.</ref> a name by which it also appears in the {{Lang|la|[[Tabula Peutingeriana]]}}. The name is a compound of the Latin name [[Julius (nomen)|Julius]] (probably in reference to [[Julius Caesar]]) and the [[Proto-Celtic|Celtic]] ''magos'', "market". Similar town dedications were common in [[Roman Gaul]], and toponyms often kept a Gallic element.<ref>{{Cite book |last=[[Charles Rostaing]] |title=Les noms de lieux |year=1945 |isbn=2-13-038660-1 |editor-last=Presses universitaires de France |location=Paris |page=59}}</ref>

When the location needed to be distinguished from other Juliomagi, it was known as '''Juliomagus Andecavorum''' ("Juliomagus of the [[Andecavi]]"), in reference to the principal Gallic tribe in and around the city.<ref>Charles Rostaing, ''Op. cit.'', p. 47</ref>

Around AD&nbsp;400, the city came to be referred to as the '''civitas Andecavorum''' ("[[civitas|tribal capital]] of the Andecavi"). This was a common change in Gaul, also seen in the names of [[Paris]], [[Tours]] and [[Évreux]] around this time.<ref>Charles Rostaing, ''Op. cit.'', p. 46–47.</ref> During the Middle Ages, the late Latin name gradually developed into the modern one. It is successively mentioned as '''Andecava civitas''' (6th century), '''Andecavis''' (AD&nbsp;769),<ref name=DauzatRostaing/> '''Andegavis''' (861&nbsp;{{abbr|-|sometime between}}&nbsp;882), '''Angieus''' (in 1127) and '''Angeus''' (in 1205). The form '''Angiers''' appeared during the 12th century<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nègre |first=Ernest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsNpi7IVulEC&q=Angers&pg=PA151 |title=Toponymie générale de la France |date=9 July 1990 |publisher=Librairie Droz |isbn=9782600028837 |via=Google Books}}</ref> and was later corrupted to "Angers".

The Latin ''Andecavum'' also gave [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]] its name. This double formation is quite common in France and is also seen in [[Poitiers]] and [[Poitou]], and [[Bourges]] and [[Berry (province)|Berry]].