Where does “galaxia” come from?

galaxia (Interlingua) comes from English galaxy, from Middle English galaxye, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας, from Ancient Greek γάλα, from Proto-Indo-European glakt-.

galaxia (Interlingua): galaxy

Definitions

  1. galaxy

Ancestry of “galaxia”, step by step

galaxia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English galaxy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgalaxyThe Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated...
2Middle Englishgalaxye
3Old Frenchgalaxie
4Latingalaxiāsthe Galaxy, the Milky Way
5Ancient Greekγαλαξίαςthe Milky Way galaxy; tailor's chalk; dogfish
6Ancient Greekγάλαmilk; milky sap; the Milky Way galaxy
7Proto-Indo-Europeanglakt-

via Russian гала́ктика

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгала́ктикаgalaxy
2Ancient Greekγαλακτικόςmilky; milky"
3Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via French galaxie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgalaxiegalaxy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glakt-Every word from Ancient Greek γάλαEvery word from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας