Where does “ghiacciu” come from?

ghiacciu (Sicilian) comes from Italian ghiaccio, from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a, from Latin glaciēs — ice.

ghiacciu (Sicilian): ice

Definitions

  1. ice

Ancestry of “ghiacciu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianghiaccioice; icy, frozen, cold, gelid; first-person...
2Vulgar Latin*glacium/a—
3Latinglaciēsice
Every word from Latin glaciēs →Every word from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a →Every word from Italian ghiaccio →