English
Goly
Goly comes from Old French jolif ‘pretty’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jolif‘pretty’
- EnglishtodayGoly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jolif‘pretty’
- EnglishtodayGoly
The story
Also a Polish surname Anglicized from Goły.
Linked words
through Latin gaudeō ‘to rejoice, make merry’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French jolif / Goly