English words of Gaulish origins:
ambassadorfrom Old French
embassadeur, from Latin
ambactus, from Gaulish
*ambactos, "servant", "henchman", "one who goes about".
beak from Old French
bec, from Latin
beccus, from Gaulish
beccos.
bilge from Old French
boulge, from Latin
bulga, from Gaulish
bulgā, "sack".
bran from Gaulish
brennos, through the French
bren, "the husk of wheat", "barley...".
brave from Prov/Cat
brau, from Gaulish
bragos.
budge (lambskin) from Old French
bulge, from Latin
bulga, from Gaulish
bulgā, "sack".
budget from Old French
bougette, from
bouge, from Latin
bulga, from Gaulish
bulgā.
[1]
bulge from Old French
boulge, from Latin
bulga, from Gaulish
bulgā, "sack".
car from Norman French
carre, from L.
carrum,
carrus (pl.
carra), orig. "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaulish
karros.
[2]
cream from Old French
cresme, from the Latin word of Gaulish origin
crāmum.
[3]
change of Gaulish origin, from PIE base *kamb- "to bend, crook". Borrowed into Latin as
cambire-> Late Latin
cambiare "to barter,
exchange", from there to Old French
changier "to change, alter", onwards to Middle English.
embassy from Middle French
embassee, from Italian
ambasciata, from Old Provençal
ambaisada, from Latin Ambactus, from Gaulish
*ambactos, "servant", "henchman", "one who goes about".
[4]
glean from Old French
glener, from
Late Latin glennare, from Gaulish
glanos, "clean".
gob from Old French
gobe, likely from Gaulish
*gobbo-.
[5]
palfrey from Old French
palefrei, from Latin
paraverēdus from Greek
para + Latin
verēdus, from Gaulish *
vorēdos.
piece from Old French, from Vulgar Latin
*pettia, likely from Gaulish.
truant from Old French, from Gaulish
*trougo-, "miser".
valet from French, from Gallo-Romance
*vassallittus, from Middle Latin
vassallus, from
vassus, from Old Celtic
*wasso-, "young man", "squire".
varlet from Middle French, from Gallo-Romance
*vassallittus, from Middle Latin
vassallus, from
vassus, from Old Celtic
*wasso-, "young man", "squire".
vassal from Old French, from Middle Latin
vassallus, from
vassus, from Old Celtic
*wasso-, "young man", "squire".