English
galium
Galium comes from Ancient Greek γάλα ‘milk’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγάλαgála‘milk’
- Englishtodaygalium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγάλαgála‘milk’
- Englishtodaygalium
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gláktn̥ ‘milk’
through Ancient Greek γάλα ‘milk’
Today it means
noun Any of the genus Galium of annual and perennial herbaceous plants, including the bedstraws.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γάλα / galium