English
frisson
Frisson comes from French frisson ‘a shiver caused by cold or fever’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sríHgos‘cold, frost’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*srīgosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgus‘cold, coldness’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgeō‘to be cold’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CE*frīctiōnemreconstructed
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfrisson‘a shiver caused by cold or fever’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sríHgos‘cold, frost’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*srīgosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgus‘cold, coldness’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgeō‘to be cold’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CE*frīctiōnemreconstructed
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfrisson‘a shiver caused by cold or fever’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989same form
Earliest quotation: 1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces: “As a perversion of freedom it was, like any…”
Linked words
through Latin frīgus ‘cold, coldness’
refrigeration, refrigerant, frigidaire, 10 more
through Latin frīgeō ‘to be cold’
Today it means
noun A sudden surge of excitement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos / frisson