English
algor
Algor comes from Latin algor ‘cold, chilliness’, and goes back to algeō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgeō‘to be, feel cold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgor‘cold, chilliness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1878same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgeō‘to be, feel cold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalgor‘cold, chilliness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1878same form
Earliest quotation: 1878, The Monthly Abstract of Medical Science: “[…] with suffocation, dyspnea, cold sweats, paleness of the…”
Every English word from Latin algeō
Today it means
noun Cold, chilliness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin algeō / algor