The story
- Latin · derived fromgalea“helmet”
- English todaygaleaspid
From Latin galea (“helmet”) + aspis (from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “round shield”)); compare translingual †Galeaspida.
Words from the same roots
Latingalea all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.