Etymograph

English

lukecold

Blend of lukewarm + cold, equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + cold.

A blend of lukewarm + cold

Middle English leukwarm

English lukewarm

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

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Proto-Germanic *kaldaz ‘cold’

Proto-West Germanic *kald

Anglian Old English cald

Middle English cold ‘cold’

English cold

Today it means

adj Between warm and cool temperatures, but cooler than lukewarm.

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

Etymograph / lukecold