Where does “galaxie” come from?

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

Ancestry of “galaxie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgalaxie
2Latingalaxiāsthe Galaxy, the Milky Way
3Ancient Greekγαλαξίαςthe Milky Way galaxy; tailor's chalk; dogfish
4Ancient Greekγάλαmilk; milky sap; the Milky Way galaxy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglakt-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glakt-Every word from Ancient Greek γάλαEvery word from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας