English
gallid
Gallid comes from Latin gallus ‘cock, rooster’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgallus‘cock, rooster’
- Englishtodaygallid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgallus‘cock, rooster’
- Englishtodaygallid
Formed from -id
Every English word from Latin gallus
Today it means
adj Affecting chickens; applied to certain alphaherpesviruses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gallus / gallid