Galvani

See also: galvani

English

Etymology

From Italian Galvani, from Galvano + -i (“forming surnames”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvano, Galvan, and Galvao.

Proper noun

Galvani

  1. A surname from Italian.
    Luigi Galvani first described galvanism in 1792.

Italian

Etymology

From Galvano +‎ -i.

Proper noun

Galvani m or f by sense

  1. a surname
    Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and anatomist

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.