from Old French embassadeur, from Latin ambactus, from Gaulish *ambactos, "servant", "henchman", "one who goes about".[1]
basin
Perhaps originally Gaulish via Vulgar Latin and Old French[2]
battle
from Latin battuere (="to beat, to strike") via French, from the same Gaulish root as "batter".[3]
batter
from Old French batre (="to beat, strike"), ultimately from Gaulish.[4]
battery
from Latin battuere via French, from the same Gaulish origin as "batter".[5]
beak
from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish beccos.[6]
beret
from French béret, perhaps ultimately of Gaulish origin.[7]
bilge
from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga, from Gaulish bulgā, "sack".[8]
billiard, billiards
perhaps from Gaulish via Latin billia and Old French bille.[9]
Bourbon, bourbon
from Borvo, name of a local Celtic deity associated with thermal springs, whose name probably is related to Celtic borvo (="foam, froth"), via French.[10]
bran
from Gaulish brennos, through the French bren, "the husk of wheat", "barley...".[11]
branch
from Late Latin branca through Old French branche, probably ultimately of Gaulish origin.[12]
from Italian as a plural of broccolo "a sprout, cabbage sprout", ultimately from the same Gaulish root as "broach".[17]
brochure
from French brochure "a stitched work," from brocher "to stitch" (sheets together), from Old French brochier "to prick, jab, pierce," from broche "pointed tool, awl", ultimately from the same Gaulish root as "broach".[18]
budget
from Old French bougette, from bouge, from Latin bulga, from Gaulish bulgā.[19]
bulge
from Old French boulge, from Latin bulga, from Gaulish bulgā, "sack", the same root as "bilge".[20]
bushel
from Gaulish *bosta "palm of the hand" via French.[21]
car
from Norman French carre, from L. carrum, carrus (pl. carra), orig. "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaulish karros.[22]
career
from Latin carrus, which ultimately derives from Gaulish.[23]
cargo
from Latin carrus via Spanish, ultimately from the same Gaulish root as "car".[24]
caricature
from French caricature (18c.), from Italian caricatura "satirical picture; an exaggeration," literally "an overloading," from caricare "to load; exaggerate," from Vulgar Latin *carricare "to load a wagon or cart," from Latin carrus "two-wheeled wagon", ultimately from the same Gaulish source as "car".[25]
carousel
from French carrousel "a tilting match," from Italian carusiello, ultimately from the same Gaulish root as "car".[26]
carpenter
from Gaulish, from Old Celtic *carpentom, which is probably related to Gaulish karros (="chariot").[27]
carriage
from Latin carrus, ultimately from the same Gaulish root as "car" and "carry".[28]
carry
from Gaulish karros "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot" via French[29]
chock
possibly from Old North French choque "a block" (Old French çoche "log," 12c.; Modern French souche "stump, stock, block"), from Gaulish *tsukka "a tree trunk, stump."[30]
change
from Old French changier, "to change, alter", from the late Latin word cambiare derived from an older Latin word cambire, "to barter, exchange", a word of Gaulish origin, from PIE root *kemb- "to bend, crook".[31]
charge
from Latin carrus via French, ultimately from the same Gaulish root as "car".[32]
chariot
from Late Latin carrum via French, ultimately from the same Gaulish root as "car".[33]
combat
from the root battuere "to beat, fight", which is believed to ultimately come from Gaulish via French.[34]
cream
from Old French cresme, from the Latin word of Gaulish origin crāmum.[35]
debate
from the root battuere "to beat, fight", which is believed to ultimately come from Gaulish via French.[36]
drape
from Old French draper "to weave, make cloth", from Late Latin drapus, which is perhaps of Gaulish origin.[37]
from French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne, probably from Gaulish dunum, "hill".
embassy
from Middle French embassee, from Italian ambasciata, from Old Provençal ambaisada, from Latin Ambactus, from Gaulish *ambactos, "servant", "henchman", "one who goes about".[39]
from Old French mine (="vein, lode; tunnel, shaft; mineral ore; mine" (for coal, tin, etc,)) and from Medieval Latin mina, minera (="ore,"), probably ultimately from Old Celtic *meini-[51]
from Old French osier, ozier "willow twig" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin osera, osiera "willow," ausaria "willow bed," a word of unknown origin, perhaps from Gaulish.[55]
palfrey
from Old French palefrei, from Latin paraverēdus from Greek para + Latin verēdus, from Gaulish *vorēdos.[56]
piece
from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, likely from Gaulish.[57]