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Where does “froideur” come from?

froideur (French) comes from French froid, from Middle French froit, from Old French froit, from Old French freit, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

froideur (French): coldness, cold

Definitions

  1. coldness, cold

Ancestry of “froideur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfroidcold; cold, chill; distance, strain
2Middle Frenchfroitcold
3Old Frenchfroitcold
4Old Frenchfreitpast participle of freindre; Alternative form of...
5Latinfrīgidus—
6Latinfrīgeō—
7Latin-eō—
8Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
9Proto-Italic-ējō—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “froideur”

  • froideur
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