Etymograph

English

galah session

Galah session comes from English galah ‘type of cockatoo’.

  1. English1500–presentgalah‘type of cockatoo’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1986galah session

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentgalah‘type of cockatoo’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1986galah session

Earliest quotation: 1986, Phyllis Gibb: “She also had an opportunity to talk to some…”

A compound of galah ‘type of cockatoo’ + session

Gamilaraay gilaa

English galah

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

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Latin sedeō ‘sit’

Latin sessiō ‘a sitting’

Old French session ‘sitting’

Middle English session

English session

Today it means

noun A period on an outback radio network, allocated for private conversation.

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

Etymograph / English galah / galah session