Etymograph

English

algid

Algid comes from Latin algidus ‘cold’, and goes back to algeō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgeō‘to be or feel cold or chilly’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgidus‘cold’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2002algid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgeō‘to be or feel cold or chilly’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgidus‘cold’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2002algid

Earliest quotation: 2002, Eduardo Ibarro-Caldo, Management and Organization Paradoxes: “The coldest, most algid moments of this savage industrialization,…”

Every English word from Latin algeō

Today it means

adj Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.

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Etymograph / Latin algeō / algid

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