Etymograph

English

glaciate

Glaciate comes from Latin glaciātus ‘frozen’, from glaciō ‘to freeze’, and ultimately from glaciēs ‘ice’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciēs‘ice’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciō‘to freeze’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciātus‘frozen’perfect passive participle of glaciō
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1900glaciate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciēs‘ice’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciō‘to freeze’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciātus‘frozen’perfect passive participle of glaciō
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1900glaciate

Earliest quotation: 1900, Annual Reports of the Department of the , United States: Department of the Interior: “The nivated and glaciated areas shared the same snowfall…”

Every English word from Latin glaciēs

Today it means

verb To cover with ice or a glacier.

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

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