Where does “glebe” come from?
Glebe comes from Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba meaning clod of earth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel-.
glebe (English): Turf; soil; ground; sod; In medieval Europe, an...
Definitions
- Turf; soil; ground; sod; In medieval Europe, an...
Ancestry of “glebe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | glebe | — |
| 2 | Latin | glaeba | clod; land, soil; lump, mass of stuff |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
Words derived from “glebe”