Where does “ellagic” come from?

ellagic (English) comes from French galle, from Latin galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

ellagic (English): Of or pertaining to gallnuts

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to gallnuts

Ancestry of “ellagic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgallegall
2Latingallathe oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of...
3Gaulishgallāvessel
4Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “ellagic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →