galant
French
present participle
Etymology
Derived from Old French galer (enjoy oneself, enjoy, have fun) derived from Frankish *wala (well) derived from Proto-Germanic *wal derived from Proto-Indo-European *wel(h₁)- (choose, wish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wel(h₁)-
Gloss
choose, wish
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Galant English
- gallant English
- gallanthood English
- gallantize English
- gallantly English
- gallantness English
- gallantry English
- ungallant English
- galant German
- ungalant German
- galano Italian
- galante Italian
- galamment French
- galantin French
- galer French
- galvauder French
- régal French
- régaler French
- галантный Russian
- galante Spanish, Castilian
- galantear Spanish, Castilian
- galantemente Spanish, Castilian
- galán Spanish, Castilian
- *wel(h₁)- Proto-Indo-European
- galante Portuguese
- *wal Proto-Germanic
- *wela Proto-Germanic
- galant Middle English
- calimafree Old French
- galer Old French
- galoper Old French
- galanta Esperanto
- გალანტური Georgian
- *galla Frankish
- *wala Frankish