Etymograph

English

galeny

Galeny comes from Latin gallīna ‘hen’, and goes back to gallus ‘rooster’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgallus‘rooster’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgallīna‘hen’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1829galeny

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgallus‘rooster’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgallīna‘hen’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1829galeny

Earliest quotation: 1829, Caroline Bowles Southey, Chapters on Churchyards: “From the dairy we passed into the poultry-yard; and…”

Linked words

through Latin gallus ‘rooster’

gallic, gallium, 5 more

Today it means

noun A guinea fowl.

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

Etymograph / Latin gallus / galeny

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