English
acold
Acold comes from Old English ācōlian ‘to become cool’, from Proto-Germanic *kalaną ‘to be cold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-‘cold’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gól-reconstructedo-grade root present of *gel-
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kalaną‘to be cold’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kōluz‘cool’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kōl(ī)‘cool’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*kōlēn‘to become cool, cool down’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cōlian‘to cool’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ācōlianas ācōlod‘to become cool’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acoled
- Englishearliest quotation 1897acold
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-‘cold’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gól-reconstructedo-grade root present of *gel-
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kalaną‘to be cold’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kōluz‘cool’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kōl(ī)‘cool’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*kōlēn‘to become cool, cool down’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cōlian‘to cool’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ācōlianas ācōlod‘to become cool’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acoled
- Englishearliest quotation 1897acold
Earliest quotation: 1897, Paul Van Dyke, After Caribou on Snow-Shoes: “When, for all his feathers, he’s acold, the bird…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘cold’
children, child, clean, cloud, globe, chill, cluster, gel, jelly, clout, clot, gelatin, colt, clough, gelato, glebe, ganglion, clod, globus, klutz, globulin, 48 more
through Old English cōlian ‘to cool’
Today it means
adj Feeling cold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gel- / acold