Where does “Galicia” come from?

Galicia derives from Latin Gallaecia, the name of a Roman province, from Latin Gallaeci, the people inhabiting that region, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂-.

Galicia (English): region in Central Europe; region in northwest...

Definitions

  1. region in Central Europe; region in northwest...

Ancestry of “Galicia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinGallicia—
2LatinGallaecia—
3LatinGallaecia tribe in the region; a Celtic tribe in the...
4Proto-Celtickallīgrove, forest
5Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₂-to beat; to break

Words derived from “Galicia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic kallī →Every word from Latin Gallaeci →
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