English
gelid
Gelid comes from Latin gelidus ‘cold’, from gelū̆ ‘frost’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-‘to be cold, to freeze’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelū̆‘frost’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelidus‘cold’
- Englishearliest quotation 1837gelid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gel-‘to be cold, to freeze’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelū̆‘frost’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgelidus‘cold’
- Englishearliest quotation 1837gelid
Earliest quotation: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […]: “Of Cassandra-Marat we have spoken often; yet the most…”
first attested First attested in 1630 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1630.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’
children, child, cold, clean, cloud, globe, chill, cluster, colt, clout, clot, clough, glebe, ganglion, clod, globus, klutz, globulin, 47 more
through Latin gelū̆ ‘frost’
Today it means
adj Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gel- / gelid