Where does “mongelato” come from?
mongelato (Italian) comes from Italian gelato, from Latin gelātus, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from Italian gelare, from Latin gelō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
mongelato (Italian): iceberg
Definitions
- iceberg
Ancestry of “mongelato”, step by step
mongelato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian gelato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gelato | past participle of gelare; icy, frozen, very... |
| 2 | Latin | gelātus | frozen, congealed, having been frozen |
| 3 | French | gélatine | gelatine |
| 4 | Italian | gelatina | gelatin |
| 5 | Italian | gelare | To freeze, to chill, to frost; To freeze; To be... |
| 6 | Latin | gelō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Italian montagna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | montagna | mountain; blizzard |
| 2 | Latin | montānia | mountainous area |
| 3 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 4 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 6 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |