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iceberg
1774, partial loan-transl. of Du.
ijsberg,
lit. "ice mountain," from
ijs
"ice" +
berg
"mountain." An earlier term was
sea-hill
(1694). Phrase
tip of the iceberg,
in a figurative sense, first recorded 1963.
berg
short for
iceberg
, attested from 1823.
