English
Gila
Gila comes from Spanish Gila.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentGila
- Englishearliest quotation 1895same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentGila
- Englishearliest quotation 1895same form
Earliest quotation: 1895, John Wesley Powell, Meadville: “Some of its tributaries rise in the mountains to…”
Every English word from Spanish Gila
Today it means
name A 649-mile (1,044 km) tributary of the Colorado River which flows through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Gila / Gila