we could see fish swimming beneath the crystalline ice of the frozen lake
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English cristallin, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin crystallinus, borrowed from Greek krystállinos, from krýstallos "clear ice, crystal entry 1" + -inos-ine entry 1