Where does “gala” come from?
gala (Portuguese) comes from Italian gala, from Old French gale, from Old French galer, from Old French galle, from Latin galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
gala (Portuguese): gala showy and festive party
Definitions
- gala showy and festive party
Ancestry of “gala”, step by step
gala traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian gala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gala | bow; bow tie; frill, flounce, ruche |
| 2 | Old French | gale | pomp; show; festivity; mirth; rejoicing |
| 3 | Old French | galer | to rub; to scratch; to have fun; to enjoy oneself |
| 4 | Old French | galle | — |
| 5 | Latin | galla | the oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of... |
| 6 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
via Portuguese galar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | galar | to mate with (a female bird) of a male bird |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ar | forms the impersonal infinitive of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -ar | — |
| 4 | Latin | -are | present active infinitive of -ō; -āre;... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |