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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Latin · Etymology 1
Possibly from a root * gelH- ( “ to call ” ) ; Schrijver suggests that zero-grade * glH-o- regularly evolved to * galo- and then perhaps underwent expressive gemination, whereas De Vaan considers the possibility that * galo- was suffixed with * -n- , producing * gal-n-o- > gallo- .
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάλλος ( gállos ) . Considered by some ancient and modern authorities to derive from the river Gallus , due to the notion that "its water made those who drank of it mad". A connection to the similar Sumerian priests of Inanna called gala has been suggested, but evidence is lacking.
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