A few days ago
Nuts&Chews

Latin root for ice?

Whats the Latin root for ice, if there isnt then cold/freezing?

thanks!

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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icy glacialis

gelidus

ice cold gelidissimus

iced water aqua nivata

icicle stiria

ice the noun: glacies or gelu

frigidus is a general word for cold

algidus is really cold

gelidus is ice cold

to become cold = frigeo or frigesco, algeo or algesco

the cold is frigus or algor or gelus

to catch cold is perfrigesco

to cool something off is refrigero

to freeze gelare, congelare, glacire, conglacire

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A few days ago
justanotherjunkaddy
“gelare” is the latin root for “to freeze”
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A few days ago
curlynguyen12
Glaci- is a prefix for ice. Glacialis stands for icy, frozen, full of ice.

– Please visit this website for more understanding of Glaci-+: http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/913/?letter=G&spage=2

Hope that would help!

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