Where does “gall” come from?
Gall comes from French galle, from Latin galla, from Proto-Indo-European gel-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃-.
gall (English): Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish,...
Definitions
- Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish,...
Ancestry of “gall”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | galle | — |
| 2 | Old French | galle | — |
| 3 | Latin | galla | the oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of... |
| 4 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
Words derived from “gall”