Where does “paleoglacier” come from?

paleoglacier (English) comes from English glacier, from French glacier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

paleoglacier (English): An ancient glacier

Definitions

  1. An ancient glacier

Ancestry of “paleoglacier”, step by step

paleoglacier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English glacier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglacierA large body of ice which flows under its own...
2Frenchglacierglacier; ice cream parlor
3French-ierused to form the names of trees bearing a...
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Latin-ārefirst conjugation
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via English paleo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleoClipping of paleodiet
2Hawaiianleovoice; sound; command; verbal message
3Proto-Polynesianleovoice; language; speech
4Proto-Oceanicleqo
5Proto-Oceanic*(qa-)liqoʀthroat front part of the neck
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
9Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck
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