Etymology

gelato

ge·la·to
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Today it means: An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form. Full definition →

Italian gelato ← Latin gelātus ← Proto-Indo-European *gel-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gel-“cold”
  2. Latin · derived fromgelātus
  3. Italian · borrowed fromgelato“ice cream”
  4. English todaygelato

Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Words from the same roots

Latingelātus all →

gelati

Proto-Indo-European*gel- all →

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