The story
- Latin · derived fromGalbanus
- Portuguese · borrowed fromGalvão
- English todayGalvao
From Portuguese Galvão, ultimately from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvan, Galvano, and Galvani.
Words from the same roots
LatinGalbanus all →
GalvanGalvano
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.