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Where does “gallic” come from?

Gallic derives from Latin gallicus, an adjective formed with the suffix -icus from Latin gallus, ultimately from the Volcae, a Celtic people whose name comes from Proto-Celtic wolkos via Proto-Germanic walhaz.

gallic (English): Of or relating to Gaul or the Gauls; Typical of...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Gaul or the Gauls; Typical of...

Ancestry of “gallic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “gallic”

  • Gallicization
  • Gallicisation
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