English
algific
Algific comes from Latin algificus ‘producing cold’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgificus‘producing cold’
- Englishearliest quotation 1901algific
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgificus‘producing cold’
- Englishearliest quotation 1901algific
Earliest quotation: 1901, Achsah L. Barton Thornton, New Years Morn. January 1841: “Hail, New Year's morn, we welcome thee, With all…”
A compound of algus ‘cold’ + facere ‘to make’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō ‘to make’
Latin faciō ‘to make’
Every English word from Latin algificus
Today it means
adj Very cold; covered in ice or cold air.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin algificus / algific