出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/07/31 13:35 UTC 版)
The name is used principally in the names of organisations, e.g. the main bus company on the Island Southern Vectis, and in the context of Roman and Romano-British era history.
Possibly of Celtic origin, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Ixtis (literally “nether”) (compare Irish ìosal (“low”), Welsh isel). However, there are other theories, such as a relation to Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“creature, thing”), Proto-Celtic *wextā (“course, turn, time”), or simply from or influenced by Latin vectis (“lever, gate, separator”). More at Isle of Wight.
Vectis f sg (genitive Vectis); third declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.