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Where does “permagel” come from?

permagel (French) comes from French gel, from English gel, from English gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from Italian gelare, from Latin gelō, from Latin -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

permagel (French): permafrost

Definitions

  1. permafrost

Ancestry of “permagel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgelfrost; gel
2EnglishgelA semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid...
3EnglishgelatinA protein derived through partial hydrolysis of...
4Frenchgélatinegelatine
5Italiangelatinagelatin
6ItaliangelareTo freeze, to chill, to frost; To freeze; To be...
7Latingelō—
8Latin-ō—
9Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →