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Where does “glacé” come from?

glacé (English) comes from French glacé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

glacé (English): having a glossy surface; coated with sugar;...

Definitions

  1. having a glossy surface; coated with sugar;...

Ancestry of “glacé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchglacéicy, frozen; glazed, glacé; past participle of...
2French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
3Middle French-é—
4Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-ā—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →