Where does “esgarrifós” come from?
esgarrifós (Catalan) comes from Catalan esgarrifar, from Catalan calfred, from Catalan fred, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
esgarrifós (Catalan): chilling, hair-raising
Ancestry of “esgarrifós”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | esgarrifar | to frighten |
| 2 | Catalan | calfred | shiver |
| 3 | Catalan | fred | cold, cool; cold |
| 4 | Latin | frīgidus | — |
| 5 | Latin | frīgeō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |