Etymology

gallicize

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Today it means: Synonym of frenchify, to make French or more French-like. Full definition →

Latin Gallicus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromGallicus“of or relating to Gaul”
  2. English todaygallicize

From Gallic + -ize, from Latin Gallicus (“of or relating to Gaul”) and used archaically in English in reference to modern France.

Words from the same roots

LatinGallicus all →

gallicGallimania

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.