galoshes









galoshes


<. is from Vulgar Latin *galopia, from Greek kalopodion, diminutive of kalopous “shoemaker’s last,” from kalon “wood” + pous “foot” (see foot (n.)). The surname Galocher is attested from c.1300. Modern meaning “rubber covering of a boot or shoe” is from 1853.

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