Etymograph

English

gelidity

From gelid + -ity.

Formed from gelid + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’

Latin gelū̆ ‘frost’

Latin gelidus ‘cold’

English gelid

Today it means

noun The state or quality of being gelid.

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

Etymograph / gelidity