Nival
/ˈnaɪ.vəl/noun
Relating to snow or snow-covered conditions.
Did you know?Nival comes from Latin nivalis, built on nix/nivis “snow,” a root that also gave English one of the most ancient weather words on earth: snow.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sneygʷ-
“to snow; snow”
Latin
Latin
nix, nivis
“snow”
Latin
Latin
nivalis
“snowy; of snow”
Middle French
Old French
nival
“snowy, snowy in character”
English
English
nival
“of, relating to, or characteristic of snow”