Etymology

cryocooler

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Today it means: A cryogenic cooler. Full definition →

English cooler ← Middle English colen ← Old English cōlian
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκρῠ́ος (krŭ́os)
  2. Englishcryo-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gól-
  5. Proto-Germanic*kalaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*kōluz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*kōl(ī)
  8. Proto-West Germanic*kōlēn
  9. Old Englishcōlian
  10. Middle Englishcolen
  11. Englishcool
  12. Englishcooler
  13. English todaycryocooler

From cryo- + cooler.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.