Where does “gallybagger” come from?
gallybagger (English) comes from English gally, from English gal, from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, from Norman galun, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā — to flourish; green, yellow.
gallybagger (English): A scarecrow
Definitions
- A scarecrow
Ancestry of “gallybagger”, step by step
gallybagger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gally | Archaic form of galley; Characterised by or... |
| 2 | English | gal | Abbreviation of gallon; A young woman; A galileo |
| 3 | English | gallon | A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints;... |
| 4 | Middle English | gallon | — |
| 5 | Norman | galun | — |
| 6 | Latin | galum | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *galla | — |
| 8 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
via English bagger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bagger | One who bags; A touring motorcycle equipped with... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |