English
galerite
Galerite comes from Latin galerum ‘a helmet made of skins’, and goes back to galea.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgalea‘helmet’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgalerum‘a helmet made of skins’
- Englishtodaygalerite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgalea‘helmet’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgalerum‘a helmet made of skins’
- Englishtodaygalerite
The story
Latin galerum a hat, cap: compare French galérite.
Linked words
through Latin galea ‘helmet’
Today it means
noun A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus †Galerites.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin galea / galerite