Where does “galanteria” come from?
galanteria (Italian) comes from Italian galante, from Spanish galante, from Portuguese galante, from French galant, from Old French galer, from Old French galle, from Latin galla, from Gaulish gallā — to flourish; green, yellow.
galanteria (Italian): gallantry; gentlemanliness
Definitions
- gallantry; gentlemanliness
Ancestry of “galanteria”, step by step
galanteria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian galante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | galante | gallant, chivalrous; amorous, romantic; gallant |
| 2 | Spanish | galante | gallant, charming; erotic |
| 3 | Portuguese | galante | gallant |
| 4 | French | galant | present participle of galer; gallant, courteous,... |
| 5 | Old French | galer | to rub; to scratch; to have fun; to enjoy oneself |
| 6 | Old French | galle | — |
| 7 | Latin | galla | the oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of... |
| 8 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
via French galanterie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | galanterie | gallantry; courteousness |
| 2 | French | -erie | denoting a shop selling a certain product;... |
| 3 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |