Where does “galon” come from?

galon (Romanian) comes from French galon, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

galon (Romanian): gallon

Definitions

  1. gallon

Ancestry of “galon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgalonbraid; stripe
2Latingalum—
3Vulgar Latin*galla—
4Gaulishgallāvessel
5Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →