Where does “glebe” come from?
glebe (Old French) comes from Latin glaeba, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
Ancestry of “glebe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | glaeba | clod; land, soil; lump, mass of stuff |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
Words derived from “glebe”