Galvani

See also: galvani

English

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.

Proper noun

Galvani

1. A surname from Italian.

   Luigi Galvani first described galvanism in 1792.

Related terms

• galvanism, galvanic, galvano-

Italian

Etymology

From Galvano +‎ -i.

Proper noun

Galvani m or f by sense

1. a surname

   Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and anatomist

Anagrams

• invalga, lagnavi