Etymology

congelation

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Today it means: The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing. Full definition →

Middle French congelation ← Latin congelātiō ← Proto-Indo-European *gel-
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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. Latincongelātiō
  11. Middle Frenchcongelation
  12. English todaycongelation

Borrowed from Middle French congelation (compare modern congélation), from Latin congelatio, congelationem, from congelo.

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