Where does “glacier” come from?
glacier (French) comes from French glacé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
glacier (French): glacier; ice cream parlor
Definitions
- glacier; ice cream parlor
Ancestry of “glacier”, step by step
glacier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French glacé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | glacé | icy, frozen; glazed, glacé; past participle of... |
| 2 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 3 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 4 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Franco-Provençal gllaciér
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franco-Provençal | gllaciér | glacier |
| 2 | Latin | glaciarium | glacier |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |