English
glacé
Glacé comes from French glacer ‘to glaze or freeze’, and goes back to Latin glaciēs ‘ice’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciēs‘ice’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciōas glaciāre‘to freeze’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentglacer‘to glaze or freeze’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentglacépast participle of glacer
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciēs‘ice’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciōas glaciāre‘to freeze’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentglacer‘to glaze or freeze’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentglacépast participle of glacer
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin glaciēs ‘ice’
through French glacé
Today it means
adj having a glossy surface
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin glaciēs / glacé