Where does “gallbladder” come from?

Gallbladder comes from English gall, from French galle, from Latin galla, with gall deriving from Proto-Germanic blēdrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁dʰreh₂(n).

gallbladder (English): Alternative spelling of gall bladder

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of gall bladder

Ancestry of “gallbladder”, step by step

gallbladder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Gall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGallor brazenness; temerity; chutzpah
2Irishgallforeigner; Anglified Irish person; Alternative...
3Irish-ánA suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives,...
4Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
5Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
6Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
7Proto-Celtic*-agnos—

via English bladder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbladderA flexible sac that can expand and contract and...
2Middle EnglishbladdreThe bladder; Any other bladder or sac; often used...
3Old Englishblæddre—
4Proto-West Germanicblādrābladder
5Proto-Germanicblēdrǭbladder
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₁dʰreh₂(n)—

Words derived from “gallbladder”

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