Where does “supraglacial” come from?

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

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

supraglacial 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 supra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsupraUsed to indicate that the current citation is...
2Georgianსუფრაtablecloth; the table on which supra is conducted
3Persianسفرهtablecloth
4Arabicسُفْرَةvictuals; table, especially for eating

Words derived from “supraglacial”

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