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
- Alternative spelling of gall bladder
Ancestry of “gallbladder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Gall | — |
| 2 | Irish | gall | foreigner; Anglified Irish person; Alternative... |
| 3 | Irish | -án | A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives,... |
| 4 | Middle Irish | -án | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | -án | diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Primitive Irish | -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ | diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | *-agnos | — |