Where does “gelée” come from?

gelée (Old French) comes from Old French geler, from Latin gelō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

gelée (Old French): cold spell; period of coldness

Definitions

  1. cold spell; period of coldness

Ancestry of “gelée”, step by step

gelée traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French geler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgelerto freeze; to be very cold
2Latingelō—
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Latin gelāta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingelātafrost
2Latin-āta—

Words derived from “gelée”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin gelō →