galosh

The story

1. Old French · derived fromgalette“flat round cake”
2. Latin · derived fromgallica“Gallic (sandal)”
3. Late Latin · derived fromgallicula
4. Ancient Greek · derived fromκᾱλοπόδιον
5. Late Latin · derived fromcalopedia“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”
6. Vulgar Latin · derived from*galopium
7. Old French · derived fromgaloche“a shoe with a wooden sole”
8. Middle English · inherited fromgaloche
9. English todaygalosh

From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“a shoe with a wooden sole”), but its further history is uncertain. further theories * From Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), diminutive of κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's block”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”). (More at holt and foot.) * From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) (“Gallic (sandal)”). * From Old French galette (“flat round cake”), from galet (“pebble”).