English Explanatory Dictionary

Galvani

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Italian.

Word forms

Galvani

Etymology

From Italian Galvani, from Galvano + -i (“forming surnames”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvano, Galvan, and Galvao.

Related words

galvanism galvanic galvano-
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