galilee

galilee · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromGalilaea“Galilee”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromgalilaea
3. Old French · derived fromgalilee
4. Middle English · inherited fromgalilie
5. English todaygalilee

From late Middle English galilie, from Old French galilee, from Medieval Latin galilaea, from Latin Galilaea (“Galilee”). Possibly the allusion is to Galilee being an outlying region of Biblical Palestine.

Galilee · proper noun²

1. Hebrew · derived fromגָּלִיל
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΓᾰλῑλαίᾱ
3. Latin · derived fromGalilaea
4. Old French · derived fromGalilee
5. Middle English · inherited fromGalilee
6. English todayGalilee

Inherited from Middle English Galilee, from Old French Galilee, from Latin Galilaea, from Ancient Greek Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ (Gălīlaíā), from Hebrew גָּלִיל (galíl).

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