Where does “escalofriar” come from?
escalofriar (Spanish) comes from Spanish escalofrío, from Spanish calofrío, from Spanish frío, from Old Spanish frio, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
escalofriar (Spanish): to chill; to cause to have chills
Definitions
- to chill; to cause to have chills
Ancestry of “escalofriar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | escalofrío | chill, shiver; frisson; goose bumps, shiver,... |
| 2 | Spanish | calofrío | shudder |
| 3 | Spanish | frío | cold; cool; cold, coldness |
| 4 | Old Spanish | frio | — |
| 5 | Latin | frīgidus | cold, cool, chilling, frigid |
| 6 | Latin | frīgeō | to be cold or chilly; freeze |
| 7 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |