Gallo

The story

1. Latin · derived fromGallus
2. Breton · derived fromgall“a Gaul or a foreigner”
3. Greek · derived fromΓάλλος
4. Latin · derived fromGallus“a Gaul”
5. English todayGallo

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”). * Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). Compare Gallia. * As a Breton surname, shortened from Le Gallo, a diminutive of Le Gall; compare Legall. * (language): From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin Gallus.

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