The Atrebates (singular Atrebas, meaning "settlers") were a Belgic tribe of Gaul and Britain before the Roman conquests. According to Alexander MacBain, the name Attrebates's related to the Irish aitreibh, ‘building,’ Early Irish aittreb, ‘building,’ and Welsh adref, ‘homewards,’ going on to state that the Celtic root treb corresponds to Latin tribus, ‘tribe,’ and English thorpe, ‘village’ . MacBain reconstructs *ad-treb- as the Proto-C… (More on Atrebates)