Where does “glaciation” come from?
Glaciation comes from French glaciation, derived from French glace meaning ice, from Italian ghiaccio, Latin glacies, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European gel- meaning to freeze.
glaciation (English): The process of covering with a glacier, or the...
Definitions
- The process of covering with a glacier, or the...
Ancestry of “glaciation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | glaciation | glaciation |
| 2 | French | glace | ice; ice cream; glass |
| 3 | Italian | ghiaccio | ice; icy, frozen, cold, gelid; first-person... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *glacium/a | — |
| 5 | Latin | glaciēs | ice |