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Where does “frigidus” come from?

frigidus (Latin) comes from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “frigidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrīgeō—
2Latin-eō—
3Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
4Proto-Italic-ējō—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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