Where does “glebeless” come from?
glebeless (English) comes from English glebe, from Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
glebeless (English): Having no glebe
Ancestry of “glebeless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | glebe | Turf; soil; ground; sod; In medieval Europe, an... |
| 2 | Old French | glebe | — |
| 3 | Latin | glaeba | clod; land, soil; lump, mass of stuff |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |