Etymology

gallic

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Today it means: Of or related to Gaul or the Gauls. Full definition →

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gallic · adjective1

From gall + -ic.

gallic · adjective2

  1. Latin · borrowed fromGallicus“of or related to Gaul”
  2. English todaygallic

From Latin Gallicus (“of or related to Gaul”), also used archaically in New Latin and English in reference to France.

Gallic · adjective, proper noun3

  1. Latin · borrowed fromGallicus“of or related to Gaul”
  2. English todayGallic

From Latin Gallicus (“of or related to Gaul”), from Gallia (“Gaul”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adj.”), used archaically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France.

Words from the same roots

LatinGallicus all →

gallicizeGallimania

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