English

proglacial

From pro- + glacial.

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’

Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’

English pro-

Latin glaciēs ‘ice’

Latin glaciālis ‘icy, frozen, glacial’

French glacial ‘freezing, ice-cold, very cold’

Today it means

adj Situated in front, or outside the margins, of a glacier or ice sheet (and formed from its meltwaters).

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

Etymograph / proglacial