The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκρύος“icy cold, chill, frost”
- English todaycryopreservation
From cryo- + preservation, from Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “icy cold, chill, frost”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκρύος all →
chiolite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.