glacis

The story

1. Latin · derived fromglaciāre“to freeze”
2. Old French · derived fromglacier“to glide; freeze”
3. French · borrowed fromglacis“slippery surface”
4. English todayglacis

Borrowed from French glacis (“slippery surface”), derived from Old French glacier (“to glide; freeze”), the former from Latin glaciāre (“to freeze”), from glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. Cognates * Medieval Latin glatia (“incline in front of a fortification”)

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