The story
- Latin · borrowed fromgelāre“freeze”
- English todaygelept
From Latin gelāre (“freeze”) + (inc)ept(isol).
Words from the same roots
Latingelāre all →
gealgelablegelisol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gelept
Today it means: Young and weakly developed soils that form in very cold climates where permafrost is present near the surface and that show minimal horizon formation due to limited biological activity and cryoturbation. Full definition →
Latin gelāre