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Where does “frío” come from?

frío (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish frio, from Latin frīgidus, 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.

frío (Spanish): cold; cool; cold, coldness

Definitions

  1. cold; cool; cold, coldness

Ancestry of “frío”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishfrio—
2Latinfrīgidus—
3Latinfrīgeō—
4Latin-eō—
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “frío”

  • friambre
  • fríamente
  • fría
  • escalofrío
  • calofrío
  • fiambre
  • fiambrería
  • fiambre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →