Etymology

icen

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Today it means: To make or become iced or icy; frost (all senses) Full definition →

English ice ← Middle English is ← Old English īs
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icen · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-so-
  3. Proto-Germanic*īsą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*īs
  5. Old Englishīs
  6. Middle Englishis
  7. Englishice
  8. English todayicen

From ice + -en (“to become like”).

icen · adjective2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromisen
  2. English todayicen

From Middle English isen, ysen, equivalent to ice + -en (“made of”).

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