The story
- French · borrowed fromgalop
- English todaygalop
From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
galop
Today it means: A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time. Full definition →
French galop