gallicus

Latin

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gelH-?

Proto-Celtic *galnatibor.

Latin Gallus

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Gallia

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin gallicus

From Gallia (“Gaul”) + -icus (adjectival suffix).

gallicus (feminine gallica, neuter gallicum, adverb gallicē); first/second-declension adjective

(historical) Gallic, Gaulish, of or related to ancient Gaul and the Gauls
(Medieval Latin) Frankish, of or related to the medieval Franks and their kingdoms
(New Latin) French, of or related to modern France and the French

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	gallicus	gallica	gallicum	gallicī	gallicae	gallica
genitive	gallicī	gallicae	gallicī	gallicōrum	gallicārum	gallicōrum
dative	gallicō	gallicae	gallicō	gallicīs
accusative	gallicum	gallicam	gallicum	gallicōs	gallicās	gallica
ablative	gallicō	gallicā	gallicō	gallicīs
vocative	gallice	gallica	gallicum	gallicī	gallicae	gallica

Asturian: galgu
English: Gallic
Old French: jauge (“walnut”)
- Middle French: jauge
- Walloon: gaeye, djaeye
- Picard: gauke
⇒ Old French: galoche (possibly)
- French: galoche
- → Middle English: galoche
  - English: galosh
- → Galician: galocha
Galician: galgo
Old Galician-Portuguese: galgo
- Portuguese: galgo
Spanish: galgo
→ Greek: γαλλικός (gallikós)

“gallicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.