English
infrigidate
Infrigidate comes from Latin infrigidō ‘to chill’, from frīgidō ‘to make cool, to cool’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos ‘cold, frost’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sríHgos‘cold, frost’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*srīgosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgus‘cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgeō‘to be cold or chilly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidus‘cold, cool, chilling, frigid’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidō‘to make cool, to cool’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfrigidōas infrigidare, past participle‘to chill’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfrigidatus
- Englishearliest quotation 1666infrigidate
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, coolness, chilliness’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgeō‘to be cold or chilly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidus‘cold, cool, chilling, frigid’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgidō‘to make cool, to cool’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfrigidōas infrigidare, past participle‘to chill’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfrigidatus
- Englishearliest quotation 1666infrigidate
Earliest quotation: 1666, Robert Boyle: “[…] I vvas not deceived in expecting, that the…”
Linked words
through Latin frīgus ‘cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness’
refrigeration, refrigerant, 9 more
through Latin frīgeō ‘to be cold or chilly’
through Latin frīgidus ‘cold, cool, chilling, frigid’
Today it means
verb To make (something) cold; to chill.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos / infrigidate