Etymograph

English

incongealable

Incongealable comes from Latin incongelābilis ‘unfreezable’, from congelābilis ‘freezable’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-‘to be cold, to freeze’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelū‘cold, chill’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelō‘to freeze, cause to congeal’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongelō‘to freeze together, congeal’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongelābilis‘freezable’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincongelābilis‘unfreezable’
  7. Englishtodayincongealable

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-‘to be cold, to freeze’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelū‘cold, chill’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelō‘to freeze, cause to congeal’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongelō‘to freeze together, congeal’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongelābilis‘freezable’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincongelābilis‘unfreezable’
  7. Englishtodayincongealable

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’

children, child, cold, clean, cloud, globe, chill, cluster, colt, clout, clot, clough, glebe, ganglion, clod, globus, klutz, globulin, 47 more

through Latin gelū ‘cold, chill’

gel, gelatin, 20 more

through Latin gelō ‘to freeze, cause to congeal’

jelly, gelato, 17 more

Today it means

adj Not congealable; incapable of being congealed.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gel- / incongealable

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