Etymology

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Today it means: A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow. Full definition →

Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ ← Proto-Inuit *əɣlu ← Proto-Eskimo *əŋlu
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The story

  1. Proto-Eskimo · derived from*əŋlu
  2. Proto-Inuit · derived from*əɣlu
  3. Inuktitut · borrowed fromᐃᒡᓗ“house, building (of any kind)”
  4. English todayigloo

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *əɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *əŋlu.

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