Where does “interglacial” come from?

Interglacial derives from English glacial, from French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from Latin glaciēs meaning ice, from Proto-Indo-European gel- meaning to freeze.

interglacial (English): Occurring between glaciations; The relatively...

Definitions

  1. Occurring between glaciations; The relatively...

Ancestry of “interglacial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglacialOf, or relating to glaciers; Very slow; Cold and...
2Frenchglacialfreezing, ice-cold, very cold
3Latinglaciālisicy, frozen, glacial
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “interglacial”

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