English
Gale Crater
From Gale + crater.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ‘to shout, scream, charm away’
Proto-Germanic *galaną ‘to roop, sing, charm’
Proto-West Germanic *galan
Old English galan ‘to sing, enchant, call, cry, scream’
Middle English galen
English Gale
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-
Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ ‘mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl’
Latin crātēr ‘basin’
English crater
The story
Named in honour of Australian amateur astronomer Walter Frederick Gale.
Today it means
name An impact crater and dry lake on the planet Mars, in the Aeolis quadrangle region.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Gale Crater