Etymograph

English

gelable

Gelable comes from Latin gelō ‘to congeal’, from gelū ‘frost’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘cold’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-1‘cold’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelū1‘frost’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelō2as gelare‘to congeal’
  4. Englishtodaygelable2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin gelo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English gelable

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-Wiktionary, Latin gelo‘cold’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelūWiktionary, Latin gelo‘frost’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelōWiktionary, English gelableas gelare‘to congeal’
  4. EnglishtodaygelableWiktionary, English gelable

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘cold’

children, child, cold, clean, cloud, globe, chill, cluster, colt, clout, clot, clough, ganglion, glebe, clod, globus, klutz, globulin, 47 more

through Latin gelū ‘frost’

gel, gelatin, 20 more

through Latin gelō ‘to congeal’

jelly, gelato, 17 more

Today it means

adj Capable of being congealed, or converted into jelly.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “gelable”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin gelo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gel- / gelable

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