Where does “monoglacial” come from?

monoglacial (English) comes from English glacial, from French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

monoglacial (English): Of an ice age, involving a single phase of ice...

Definitions

  1. Of an ice age, involving a single phase of ice...

Ancestry of “monoglacial”, step by step

monoglacial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English glacial

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

via English mono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonoClipping of mononucleosis; A bicycle or...
2Englishmono-API; one, single, only
3Ancient Greekμονο-one; mono-

Words derived from “monoglacial”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin glaciālis →