English
frigerate
Frigerate comes from Latin frīgerātus ‘cooled’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgerātus‘cooled’
- Englishearliest quotation 1814frigerate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgerātus‘cooled’
- Englishearliest quotation 1814frigerate
Earliest quotation: 1814, Ann of Swansea, Conviction; or: “Miss Leeson by no means deserves the phillipic you…”
first attested First attested in 1656 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin frīgerātus, perfect passive participle of frīgerō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from frigus (‘cold’).
Every English word from Latin frīgerātus
Today it means
verb To make cool.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin frīgerātus / frigerate