gallus.
cock, rooster;
Meaning & usage
a cock, rooster, cockerel
Where this word comes from
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-. Assuming this root is accurate, compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *galsas (“voice”), Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (“to call”), Albanian gjuhë (“tongue; language”), and perhaps Welsh galw (“call”).
one of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia and Rome who wore feminine clothes and typically castrated themselves
Where this word comes from
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.
alternative letter-case form of Gallus (“Gaul; Galatian”)
alternative letter-case form of Gallus (“Gaulish; Galatian”)
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