Where does “refrigerator” come from?

Refrigerator comes from Latin refrigero, formed from the prefix re- and Latin frigus meaning cold, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sriges- and wer-.

refrigerator (English): A household appliance used for keeping food fresh...

Definitions

  1. A household appliance used for keeping food fresh...

Ancestry of “refrigerator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinrefrīgerātor

Words derived from “refrigerator

Every word from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor