Where does “galliardise” come from?
galliardise (English) comes from French gaillardise, from French Gaillard, from Old French gaillart, from Lithuanian galia, from Latin Gallia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
galliardise (English): gaiety; merriment
Definitions
- gaiety; merriment
Ancestry of “galliardise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gaillardise | boastful gaiety |
| 2 | French | Gaillard | Gaillard: often associated with the Huguenots |
| 3 | Old French | gaillart | — |
| 4 | Lithuanian | galia | power, might |
| 5 | Latin | Gallia | Gaul, modern-day France; France |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |