Morpheme
Gallon
Type
free base
Denotation
unit of volume
Etymology
Middle English gallon; Old Northern French galon; Old French jalon; of unknown origin but possibly from jale, possibly from Latin gallēta, possibly from Gaulish galla
Evidence
gallon, gallonage, galloner, gallons, kilogallon, megagallon, multigallon
Notes
<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
