Algid
/ˈæl.dʒɪd/noun
Extremely cold or causing a sensation of cold.
Did you know?In forensic medicine, algor mortis names the cooling of a body after death, making algid part of the vocabulary of postmortem investigation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂elǵ-
“A reconstructed root associated with cold or becoming cold.”
Classical Latin
Latin
algēre
“To be cold or feel cold.”
Classical Latin
Latin
algidus
“Cold, chilly, or causing cold.”
Late Latin
Latin
algor
“Coldness or chill; later used in medical Latin for bodily cooling.”
17th Century
English
algid
“Cold or chilly, adopted as a learned English word from Latin.”
Modern English
English
algid
“Extremely cold; also used in medical and literary contexts.”