Where does “Bildergalerie” come from?

Bildergalerie (German) comes from German Galerie, from French galerie, from Middle French gallerie, from Old French gallerie, from Medieval Latin galeria, from Latin galilea, from Latin Galilaea, from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία.

Bildergalerie (German): picture gallery

Definitions

  1. picture gallery

Ancestry of “Bildergalerie”, step by step

Bildergalerie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Galerie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGaleriegallery
2Frenchgaleriegallery
3Middle Frenchgalleriea large room
4Old Frenchgalleriea long portico, a gallery
5Medieval Latingaleriagallery
6Latingalileachurch porch
7LatinGalilaeaGalilee
8Ancient GreekΓαλιλαίαGalilee
9Hebrewגָּלִיל—

via German Bild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
2Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
3Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Hebrew גָּלִיל →Every word from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαία →Every word from Latin Galilaea →
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