The Galgo name is probably derived from the Latin or 'Dog from Gaul'. The Spanish word for all kinds of Greyhounds — including the Galgo — is , which means 'harrier' or 'dog for chasing hares', since is Spanish for 'hare'. The same derivative is seen in the Italian and the French . The first written references to an ancient Celtic sighthound, the , in the Cynegeticus of Flavius Arrianus (Arrian), Roman proconsul of the Spanish province of Baetica in the second century,R. Syme (1982)The Career of Arrian Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 86 p183 may refer to the Galgo's antecedent.
The Galgo name is probably derived from the Latin or 'Dog from Gaul'. The Spanish word for all kinds of Greyhounds — including the Galgo — is , which ,means 'harrier' or 'dog for chasing hares' since is Spanish for 'hare'. The same derivative is seen in the Italian and the French . The first written references to an anc,ient Celtic sighthound, the , in the Cynegeticus of Flavius Arrianus (Arrian), Roman proconsul of the Spanish province of Baetica in the second century,R. Syme (1982)The Career of Arrian Harvard Studies in Classical Philology Vol. 86 p183 may refer to the Galgo's antecedent.