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Where does “glaciate” come from?

glaciate (English) comes from Latin glaciātus, from Latin glacio, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

glaciate (English): To cover with ice or a glacier; To erode with a...

Definitions

  1. To cover with ice or a glacier; To erode with a...

Ancestry of “glaciate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglaciātus—
2LatinglacioI freeze
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “glaciate”

  • reglaciate
  • deglaciate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →