Etymograph

English

frigophobia

Frigophobia comes from Latin frīgus ‘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’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2003frigophobia

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’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2003frigophobia

Earliest quotation: 2003, Wen-Shing Tseng, Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry: “Frigophobia, or "morbid fear of catching cold", is a…”

Formed from -phobia

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *srīgos

frigidaire, 9 more

through Latin frīgus ‘cold’

refrigeration, frigid, refrigerant, frisson, 10 more

Today it means

noun An abnormal and persistent fear of becoming cold, or freezing.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos / frigophobia

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