galgo
Galician edit
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galgo
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese galgo, from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), derived from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”). Doublet of gallico.
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galgo m (plural galghi)
Further reading edit
- galgo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *galgō, see also Old Saxon galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga, Old Norse galgi, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga).
Noun edit
galgo m
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Portuguese edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese galgo, from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”). Doublet of gálico.
Noun edit
galgo m (plural galgos)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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galgo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galgo m (plural galgos)
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Further reading edit
- “galgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014