gallery

noun

a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building

a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)

a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose

a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited

a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

spectators at a golf or tennis match

Roots

galilaeagaller- · Medieval Latin · church porch, covered walk ia-y · Latin · noun-forming suffix

Synonyms for gallery

pinacotheca museumn showroomn ateliern verandan museologyadj halln studion

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Where does gallery come from?

The word gallery breaks down into 2 roots of Medieval Latin and Latin origin: galler, from Medieval Latin galilaea (“church porch, covered walk”); and -y, from Latin ia (“noun-forming suffix”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.