Etymograph

English

Gallican

Gallican comes from Latin Gallicānus ‘pertaining to Gaul or France’, from Gallicus ‘Gaulish, French’, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic *galnati ‘to be able, can’.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*galnati‘to be able, can’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEGallus‘a Gaul’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEGallia‘Gaul’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEGallicus‘Gaulish, French’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEGallicānus‘pertaining to Gaul or France’
  6. EnglishtodayGallican

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*galnati‘to be able, can’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEGallus‘a Gaul’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEGallia‘Gaul’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEGallicus‘Gaulish, French’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEGallicānus‘pertaining to Gaul or France’
  6. EnglishtodayGallican

The story

Borrowed from Latin Gallicānus (‘pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican’), from Gallicus (‘Gaulish, French’) (from Gallia (‘Gaul’)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gelH- ‘naked’

gulliver, callow, 6 more

Today it means

adj Relating to Gaul or France; Gallic; French.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *galnati / Gallican

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