Etymology

glebe

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Old French glebe ← Latin glaeba
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  1. Latin · derived fromglaeba“lump of earth, clod”
  2. Old French · derived fromglebe
  3. English todayglebe

From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.

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