English
freezing
By surface analysis, freeze + -ing.
Equivalent to freeze + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *prews- ‘to freeze’
Proto-Germanic *freusaną ‘to freeze’
Proto-West Germanic *freusan ‘to freeze’
Old English frēosan ‘to freeze’
Middle English fresen ‘to come into existence due to freezing (of ice)’
English freeze
Today it means
adj Suffering or causing frost.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / freezing