Where does “rally” come from?

Rally comes from French railler, from Latin ad combined with a root related to Proto-Indo-European wer-, meaning to speak or turn.

rally (English): A public gathering or mass meeting that is not...

Definitions

  1. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not...

Ancestry of “rally”, step by step

rally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French rallier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrallier—
2Old Frenchralierto gather up; to collect up
3Latinrĕ-back, backwards
4Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via French railler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchraillerto mock, taunt, jeer at; to jest
2Middle Frenchrailler—
3Latinraglāre—
4Latinragulārebray, rant, bellow, make noises
5Latinragoto cry, roar, bellow, low, troat, make noises

Words derived from “rally”

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