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Where does “gallo” come from?

gallo (Latin) comes from Latin gallus, from Proto-Italic galso-, from Proto-Indo-European gl̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European gols-o-.

gallo (Latin): dative singular of gallus; ablative singular of...

Definitions

  1. dative singular of gallus; ablative singular of...

Ancestry of “gallo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingallusa cock, rooster; a Gaul, an inhabitant of Gaul; a...
2Proto-Italicgalso-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangl̥s-o-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangols-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gols-o- →