English
Gallicization
From Gallicize + -ation, from Gallic + -ize, from Gallicus (“of or relating to Gaul and the Gauls”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France and the French.
Formed from Gallicize + -ation
Proto-Celtic *galnati ‘to be able, can’
Latin Gallus ‘Gaul’
Latin Gallia ‘Gaul’
Latin Gallicus ‘of or relating to Gaul’
English Gallicize
Today it means
noun Synonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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