Where does “gally” come from?
gally (English) comes from English gal, from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, from Norman galun, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ — to flourish; green, yellow.
gally (English): Archaic form of galley; Characterised by or...
Definitions
- Archaic form of galley; Characterised by or...
Ancestry of “gally”, step by step
gally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gal | Abbreviation of gallon; A young woman; A galileo |
| 2 | English | gallon | A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints;... |
| 3 | Middle English | gallon | — |
| 4 | Norman | galun | — |
| 5 | Latin | galum | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *galla | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |