Galaad
/ɡa.la.ad/noun
A French and archaic English form of Gilead, also used as the name of the pure and heroic knight Galahad in Arthurian legend.
Did you know?Galaad is the French form associated with Galahad, whose legendary purity made him the only knight worthy of finding the Holy Grail.
Etymological Timeline
Iron Age
Hebrew
גִּלְעָד (Gilʿad)
“Gilead, a mountainous region east of the Jordan mentioned in the Hebrew Bible”
Late Antiquity
Greek
Γαλαάδ (Galaad)
“Galaad, the Greek-script form of the biblical place-name”
4th Century
Latin
Galaad
“Galaad, the Latin biblical form found in Christian scriptural tradition”
12th Century
Old French
Galaad
“A name used in Arthurian romance for the Grail knight later known in English as Galahad”
13th Century
Middle English
Galahad
“The English Arthurian form of the knight’s name”
Modern English
English
Galaad
“An archaic or French-form proper name referring to Gilead or, by association, Galahad”
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