Etymograph

English

refrigeration

Refrigeration comes from Latin refrigero ‘to cool (off)’, from frīgus ‘cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sríHgos‘cold, frost’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*srīgosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgus‘cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgerō‘to cool’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErefrigero‘to cool (off)’
  6. Englishtodayrefrigeration

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sríHgos‘cold, frost’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*srīgosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgus‘cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrīgerō‘to cool’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErefrigero‘to cool (off)’
  6. Englishtodayrefrigeration

Formed from refrigerate + -ion

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

Latin refrigerō ‘to make cold’

English refrigerate

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *srīgos

frigidaire, 11 more

through Latin frīgus ‘cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness’

frigid, frisson, 12 more

Today it means

noun The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos / refrigeration

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