Gallant

Morpheme

Gallant

Type

free base

Denotation

courteous, dashing, brave, chivalrous

Etymology

Middle English galant, galaunt; Old French galant, from galer, from gale

Evidence

gallant, gallanted, gallanthood, gallanting, gallantize, gallantly, gallantness, gallantry, gallants, supergallant, ultragallant, ungallant

Notes

<l> doubled in Modern English