Etymology

gallock

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Today it means: The left hand. Full definition →

Old English gagol ← French gauche
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  1. French · derived fromgauche
  2. Old English · derived fromgagol“foolish”
  3. English todaygallock

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old English gagol (“foolish”) + -ock, in the sense of "foolish person; fool"; or possibly from the same origin as French gauche.

Words from the same roots

Frenchgauche all →

gauche

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