Where does “galingal” come from?
galingal (Old French) comes from Arabic خَلَنْجَان, from Persian قولنجان, from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन, from Chinese 高良薑 — rhizome of the galangal.
galingal (Old French): galangal
Ancestry of “galingal”, step by step
Words derived from “galingal”