frost
Middle English
/ˈfrɔst/
noun
Definitions
- Cold, freezing, or frosty weather; weather that causes frost.
- Frost or rime; frozen dew or water droplets.
- Hail; precipitation below freezing temperature
- (rare) Something with a chilling effect.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English frost inherited from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (cold, frost).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frustaz
Gloss
cold, frost
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
冷, 寒
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifrost English
- befrost English
- defrost English
- frost English
- frost-nail English
- frostbird English
- frostbite English
- frostbitten English
- frostbound English
- frosted English
- frosten English
- frostfish English
- frosting English
- frostless English
- frostlike English
- frostnip English
- frostproof English
- frostweed English
- frostwork English
- frostwort English
- frosty English
- hoarfrost English
- permafrost English
- Frost German
- vorst Dutch, Flemish
- *prews- Proto-Indo-European
- *prustós Proto-Indo-European
- *frustaz Proto-Germanic
- *frustą Proto-Germanic
- forst Old English
- frost Old English
- frosty Middle English
- frosto Esperanto
- vorst Middle Dutch
- frost Old High German
- frosto Ido
- vrost Middle High German
- *frost Old Dutch
- bròst Cimbrian
- frost Old Frisian