Etymograph

English

frigidaire

Frigidaire 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, coolness, chilliness’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgeō‘to be cold or chilly’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidus‘cold’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidārium
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1939frigidaire

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, coolness, chilliness’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgeō‘to be cold or chilly’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidus‘cold’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidārium
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1939frigidaire

Earliest quotation: 1939, W. H. Auden: “He [...] had everything necessary to the Modern Man,…”

Linked words

through Latin frīgus ‘cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness’

refrigeration, refrigerant, 11 more

through Latin frīgeō ‘to be cold or chilly’

frisson, 9 more

Today it means

noun Trademark for a refrigerator.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos / frigidaire

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