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Where does “supraglacial” come from?

supraglacial (English) comes from English glacial, from French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

supraglacial (English): of, relating to, or situated or occurring at the...

Definitions

  1. of, relating to, or situated or occurring at the...

Ancestry of “supraglacial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglacialOf, or relating to glaciers; Very slow; Cold and...
2Frenchglacialglacial
3Latinglaciālis—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālis—
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