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Where does “infrigidation” come from?

infrigidation (English) comes from Latin infrigidatio, from Latin infrigido, from Latin frigido, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

infrigidation (English): The act of chilling or making cold; congelation

Definitions

  1. The act of chilling or making cold; congelation

Ancestry of “infrigidation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfrigidatiocooling, chilling
2LatininfrigidoI chill, cool
3Latinfrigidodative masculine singular of frīgidus; dative...
4Latinfrīgidus—
5Latinfrīgeō—
6Latin-eō—
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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