Etymograph

English

Galano

Galano comes from Italian Galano, from Greek γαλανός ‘light blue, pale blue’, and ultimately from Koine Greek κάλαϊς ‘turquoise-like stone’.

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEκάλαϊςkálaïs‘turquoise-like stone’
  2. Koine Greek, derivedc. 300 BCE–600 CEκαλλεανός
  3. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453*γαλεανόςreconstructed
  4. Greek1453–presentγαλανός‘light blue, pale blue’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentGalano
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEκάλαϊςkálaïs‘turquoise-like stone’
  2. Koine Greek, derivedc. 300 BCE–600 CEκαλλεανός
  3. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453*γαλεανόςreconstructed
  4. Greek1453–presentγαλανός‘light blue, pale blue’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentGalano
  6. Englishtodaysame form

The story

This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

Every English word from Koine Greek κάλαϊς

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Koine Greek κάλαϊς / Galano

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