Etymology

frosting

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Today it means: Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods. Full definition →

English frost ← Middle English frost ← Old English frost
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*prews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*prustós
  3. Proto-Germanic*frustaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*frost
  5. Old Englishfrost
  6. Middle Englishfrost
  7. Englishfrost
  8. English todayfrosting

From frost + -ing.

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