The term galore has an interesting history. It was first recorded in a 1675 diary entry by an Anglican clergyman, spelled as gallore. Over time, various spellings like gillore, galloure, gilore, gelore, and golore appeared before the modern form became standard in the nineteenth century. The word originates from the Irish phrase go leor, which translates to “sufficiently”, “enough”, or “plenty”. The prefix go can be traced back to Old Irish co, which means “with”, derived from the Proto-Celtic reconstruction kom, meaning “along”. The suffix leor, also meaning “enough”, comes from Old Irish lour, Proto-Celtic lawaros, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European lehw, meaning “benefit”. The usage of the word galore reached its peak in 2009.
