Where does “gleba” come from?

gleba (English) comes from Latin gleba, from Latin glaeba, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

gleba (English): The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain...

Definitions

  1. The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain...

Ancestry of “gleba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinglebaAlternative form of glaeba; lump, mass
2Latinglaebaclod; land, soil; lump, mass of stuff
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “gleba”

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