Etymology

freezer

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Today it means: An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit). Full definition →

English freeze ← Middle English fresen ← Old English frēosan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*prews-
  2. Proto-Germanic*freusaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*freusan
  4. Old Englishfrēosan
  5. Middle Englishfresen
  6. Englishfreeze
  7. English todayfreezer

From freeze + -er.

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