gallery

gallery · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromGalilaea
2. Latin · derived fromgalilea“church porch”
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromgaleria“gallery”
4. Old French · derived fromgalerie
5. Middle French · derived fromgalerie
6. Middle English · inherited fromgalery
7. English todaygallery

From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.

Gallery · proper noun²

1. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Riabhaigh“son of the brindled lad”
2. English todayGallery

Reduced form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”), the same source of McElrath.

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