Where does “ga-lông” come from?

ga-lông (Vietnamese) 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.

ga-lông (Vietnamese): gallon unit of volume used for liquids

Definitions

  1. gallon unit of volume used for liquids

Ancestry of “ga-lông”, 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- →
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