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
- region in Central Europe; region in northwest...
Ancestry of “Galicia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | Gallicia | — |
| 2 | Latin | Gallaecia | — |
| 3 | Latin | Gallaeci | a tribe in the region; a Celtic tribe in the... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | kallī | grove, forest |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₂- | to beat; to break |
Words derived from “Galicia”