Where does “periglacial” come from?

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

periglacial (English): Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a...

Ancestry of “periglacial”, 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 “periglacial”

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