Snowscape
/ˈsnoʊ.skeɪp/noun
A view or scene dominated by snow.
Did you know?The -scape in snowscape comes through landscape, ultimately tied to an old Germanic word family meaning “form” or “condition,” the same ancient family behind words like shape and ship.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*snaiwaz
“snow”
Old English
OE
snāw
“snow”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skapiz
“form, shape, condition”
Dutch
Dutch
landschap
“landscape; a tract or scene of land”
English
English
landscape
“a view or picture of natural scenery”
20th Century
English
snowscape
“a snowy scene or landscape”