Where does “subglacial” come from?

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

subglacial (English): Formed, or occurring beneath a glacier or other...

Definitions

  1. Formed, or occurring beneath a glacier or other...

Ancestry of “subglacial”, 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 “subglacial”

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