The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγάλα“milk”
- English todaygalium
From the genus name, from Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγάλα all →
galactoidGalalith
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
galium
Today it means: Any of the genus Galium of annual and perennial herbaceous plants, including the bedstraws. Full definition →
Ancient Greek γάλα