Etymology

subglacial

sub·gla·ci·al
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Today it means: Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice. Full definition →

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The story

PIE word *upó From sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + glacial (“of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow”).

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