Where does “Gill” come from?

Gill is an English diminutive of Gillian, which derives from English Juliana, ultimately from the Latin name Iuliana, the feminine form of Iulianus.

Gill (English): Someone connected with Gillingham Football Club,...

Definitions

  1. Someone connected with Gillingham Football Club,...

Ancestry of “Gill”, step by step

Gill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English gille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgille—
2Old Frenchgillea wine measure; wine measure
3Medieval Latingilloearthenware jar; A cooler for liquids
4Gaulishgallāvessel
5Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via English gillian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgillianA girl, especially a wanton; A prostitute
2EnglishJuliana—
3Middle EnglishJuliana—
4LatinIuliana—

Words derived from “Gill”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gallǭ →Every word from Gaulish gallā →