Where does “frost” come from?

frost (Middle English) comes from Old English frost, from Proto-Indo-European prustós — frost.

frost (Middle English): Cold, freezing, or frosty weather; weather that...

Definitions

  1. Cold, freezing, or frosty weather; weather that...

Ancestry of “frost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfrostproduced by metathesis
2Proto-Indo-Europeanprustósfrost

Words derived from “frost

Every word from Proto-Indo-European prustósEvery word from Old English frost