Where does “gelo” come from?
gelo (Esperanto) comes from Russian гель, from German gel, from English gel, from English gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from Italian gelare, from Latin gelō — Derives nouns from roots.
gelo (Esperanto): frost
Definitions
- frost
Ancestry of “gelo”, step by step
gelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian гель
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | гель | gel |
| 2 | German | gel | Alternative spelling of gehl, alternative form of... |
| 3 | English | gel | A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid... |
| 4 | English | gelatin | A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of... |
| 5 | French | gélatine | gelatine |
| 6 | Italian | gelatina | gelatin |
| 7 | Italian | gelare | To freeze, to chill, to frost; To freeze; To be... |
| 8 | Latin | gelō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |