English
gallowa
Gallowa comes from Middle English Galloway.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Galloway
- Englishearliest quotation 1981gallowa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Galloway
- Englishearliest quotation 1981gallowa
Earliest quotation: 1981, Raphael Samuel, People's History and Socialist Theory: “Young lads who've never seen a gallowa (pony)...”
The story
The term spread into northern English and Geordie dialects, where it was shortened to gallowa.
Every English word from Middle English Galloway
Today it means
noun pony, or a small horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Galloway / gallowa