The story
- Latin · derived fromgalea
- French · borrowed fromgalère
- English todaygalère
Borrowed from French galère, from Latin galea (“galley”). Originally referred to a type of ship, then metaphorically to difficult situations or unpleasant groups of people.
Words from the same roots
Latingalea all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.