English Explanatory Dictionary

Gallo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
  2. A surname.
  3. A brand of low-priced California wine.

Word forms

Gallo Gallos Galloes

Etymology

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”). * Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). Compare Gallia. * As a Breton surname, shortened from Le Gallo, a diminutive of Le Gall; compare Legall. * (language): From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin Gallus.

Related words

Gallo-Roman
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