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Where does “galun” come from?

galun (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

Ancestry of “galun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgalonliquid measure
2Latingalum—
3Vulgar Latin*galla—
4Gaulishgallāvessel
5Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “galun”

  • galún
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