English

fluvioglacial

From fluvio- + glacial.

Latin fluō ‘flow’

Latin fluvius ‘river’

Latin glaciēs ‘ice’

Latin glaciālis ‘icy, frozen, glacial’

French glacial ‘freezing, ice-cold, very cold’

Today it means

adj Describing a stream formed from glacial meltwater

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fluvioglacial