English

Gallomania

From Gallo- (“French”) + -mania.

Formed from Gallo ‘French’ + mania

Latin Gallus ‘a Gaul’

English Gallo

Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’

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Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai

Ancient Greek μαίνομαι ‘to rage’

Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ ‘madness’

Latin mania

English mania

Today it means

noun An obsession with, or excessive admiration of, all things French.

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

Etymograph / Gallomania