List of English words of Gaulish origin
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A list of English language words derived from the Gaulish language, entering English via Old Frankish or Vulgar Latin and Old French
- ambassador
- from 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 becco.
- bilge
- from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga, from Gaulish bulgā, "sack".
- bran
- from Gaulish brenno, through the French bren, "the husk of wheat, barley...".
- 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.
- 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.
- down
- from Celtic root dún.
- dune
- from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, or French, all from Gaulish *dunom.
- embassy
- from Middle French embassee, from Italian ambasciata, from Old Provençal ambaisada, from Latin Ambactus, from Gaulish *ambactos, "servant, henchman, one who goes about".
- glean
- from Old French glener, from Late Latin glennare, from Gaulish glanos, "clean".
- piece
- from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, likely from Gaulish.
- 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".
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For a list of words relating to with Celtic origins, see the Celtic derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
