Etymograph

English

frigid

Frigid comes from Latin frīgidus ‘cold’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sríHgos‘cold, frost’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*srīgosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgus‘cold, coldness’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgeō‘to be cold’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidus‘cold’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1961frigid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sríHgos‘cold, frost’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*srīgosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgus‘cold, coldness’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgeō‘to be cold’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidus‘cold’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1961frigid

Earliest quotation: 1961, Joseph Heller, The Eternal City: “A frigid, fine rain was falling.”

Linked words

through Latin frīgus ‘cold, coldness’

refrigeration, refrigerant, 11 more

through Latin frīgeō ‘to be cold’

frisson, 9 more

Today it means

adj Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos / frigid

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