Etymology

frostwork

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Today it means: Any naturally occurring intricate pattern of ice crystals. 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 todayfrostwork

From frost + -work.

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