Etymograph

English

frostproof

From frost + -proof.

Formed from frost + -proof

Proto-Indo-European *prews- ‘to freeze’

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Proto-Germanic *frustaz

Proto-West Germanic *frost

Old English frost

Middle English frost ‘Cold or freezing weather’

English frost

Today it means

adj Resistant to frost.

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

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