Where does “glebo” come from?

glebo (Esperanto) comes from Latin gleba, from Latin glaeba, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

glebo (Esperanto): gleba

Definitions

  1. gleba

Ancestry of “glebo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinglebaAlternative form of glaeba; lump, mass
2Latinglaebaclod; land, soil; lump, mass of stuff
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-
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