Where does “gallery” come from?

Gallery comes from Old French galerie, from Latin galeria, from Latin galilea, from Latin Galilaea, from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία, from Hebrew גָּלִיל.

gallery (English): An institution, building, or room for the...

Definitions

  1. An institution, building, or room for the...

Ancestry of “gallery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgalery—
2Middle Frenchgalleriea large room
3Old Frenchgalleriea long portico, a gallery
4Medieval Latingaleriagallery
5Latingalileachurch porch
6LatinGalilaeaGalilee
7Ancient GreekΓαλιλαίαGalilee
8Hebrewגָּלִיל—

Words derived from “gallery”

Every word from Hebrew גָּלִיל →Every word from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία →Every word from Latin Galilaea →
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