Etymology

congeal

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Today it means: To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage. Full definition →

Middle English congelen ← Middle French congeler ← Latin congelō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  7. Latingelū
  8. Latingelō
  9. Latincongelō
  10. Middle Frenchcongeler
  11. Middle Englishcongelen
  12. English todaycongeal

From Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish congelar.

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