Where does “frosty” come from?

Frosty comes from Middle English frosty, formed with the Middle English suffix -y from Middle French -ie, deriving from Latin -ium and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós, a productive adjectival suffix.

frosty (English): Cold, chilly; Having frost on it; Having an aloof...

Definitions

  1. Cold, chilly; Having frost on it; Having an aloof...

Ancestry of “frosty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfrostyCold, freezing, frosty; being or experiencing...
2Old Englishforstiġfrosty

Words derived from “frosty

Every word from Old English forstiġEvery word from Middle English frosty
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