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
- cold spell; period of coldness
Ancestry of “gelée”, step by step
gelée traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French geler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | geler | to freeze; to be very cold |
| 2 | Latin | gelō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Latin gelāta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | gelāta | frost |
| 2 | Latin | -āta | — |
Words derived from “gelée”