Etymology In Gaulish, mapos means a young boy or a son.Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, page 253. 2009. Brill. The suffix -onos is augmentative. Besides the theonym Maponos, the root mapos is found in personal names such as Mapodia, Mapillus, and Maponius; mapo is also found in the Carjac inscription (RIG L-86). The root is Proto-Indo-European *makʷos. (Delamarre 2003 pp. 216–217).
Etymology In Gaulish, mapos means a young boy or a son.Matasović, Ranko. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, page 253. 2009. Brill. The suffix -onos is augmentative. Besides the theonym Maponos, the root mapos is found in personal names such as Mapodia, Mapillus, an:d Maponius; mapo is also found in the Carjac inscription (RIG L-86). The root is Proto-Indo-European *makʷos. (Delamarre 2003 pp. 216–217).