Where does “froideur” come from?
froideur (English) comes from French froideur, from French froid, from Middle French froit, from Old French froit, from Old French freit, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
froideur (English): A chill in relations
Ancestry of “froideur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | froideur | coldness, cold |
| 2 | French | froid | cold; cold, chill; distance, strain |
| 3 | Middle French | froit | cold |
| 4 | Old French | froit | cold |
| 5 | Old French | freit | past participle of freindre; Alternative form of... |
| 6 | Latin | frīgidus | — |
| 7 | Latin | frīgeō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |