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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglaebaclod; land, soil; lump, mass of stuff
2Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “glebe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin glaeba →