English
igloo
Igloo comes from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ ‘house, building (of any kind)’, and goes back to Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*ǝŋlureconstructed
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*ǝɣlureconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᒡᓗiclo‘house, building (of any kind)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978igloo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*ǝŋlureconstructed
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*ǝɣlureconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᒡᓗiclo‘house, building (of any kind)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978igloo
Earliest quotation: 1978, Made in Mexico:: “Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your…”
Every English word from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu
Today it means
noun A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu / igloo