Where does “gelada” come from?

gelada (Catalan) comes from Latin gelāta, from Latin gelō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

gelada (Catalan): frost; feminine singular of gelat; gelada

Definitions

  1. frost; feminine singular of gelat; gelada

Ancestry of “gelada”, step by step

gelada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin gelāta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingelātafrost
2Latingelō—
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Amharic ጭላዳ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicጭላዳgelada
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin gelō →