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Where does “glace” come from?

glace (French) comes from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

glace (French): icy, frozen; glazed, glacé; past participle of...

Definitions

  1. icy, frozen; glazed, glacé; past participle of...

Ancestry of “glace”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
2Middle French-é—
3Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “glace”

  • glacé
  • glacê
  • glaseehansikas
  • glasee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →