Where does “gallerina” come from?
gallerina (English) comes from English gallery, from Middle English galery, from Middle French gallerie, from Old French gallerie, from Medieval Latin galeria, from Latin galilea, from Latin Galilaea, from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία.
gallerina (English): A fashionable art gallery employee, usually...
Definitions
- A fashionable art gallery employee, usually...
Ancestry of “gallerina”, step by step
gallerina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gallery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gallery | An institution, building, or room for the... |
| 2 | Middle English | galery | — |
| 3 | Middle French | gallerie | a large room |
| 4 | Old French | gallerie | a long portico, a gallery |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | galeria | gallery |
| 6 | Latin | galilea | church porch |
| 7 | Latin | Galilaea | Galilee |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Γαλιλαία | Galilee |
| 9 | Hebrew | גָּלִיל | — |
via English ballerina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ballerina | a female ballet dancer; the star female ballet... |
| 2 | Italian | ballerina | feminine singular of ballerino; female equivalent... |
| 3 | Italian | ballerino | dancing; unstable; dancer, ballet dancer hoofer |
| 4 | Italian | -ino | Alterative suffix used to form diminutives; Used... |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |