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Frost etymology

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English word frost comes from Proto-Indo-European *prews-, and later Proto-Germanic *frustaz (Frost.)

Detailed word origin of frost

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*prews- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*frustaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Frost.
frost Old English (ang) Frost.
frost Middle English (enm)
frost English (en) To anger or annoy.. To coat something (e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.. To get covered with frost. (figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.. (obsolete) The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.. A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the [...]