English
glaciology
Glaciology comes from Latin glaciēs ‘ice’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciēs‘ice’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856glaciology
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaciēs‘ice’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856glaciology
Earliest quotation: 1856, W. S.-Y., Greenland: “From this high position in latitude, explorations (furthered for…”
Formed from -ology ‘study of a particular subject’
Linked words
through Latin glaciēs ‘ice’
Today it means
noun The study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin glaciēs / glaciology