Frozen
/ˈfroʊzən/noun
Past participle of freeze; made into ice or extremely cold.
Did you know?The word comes from the same ancient Germanic root behind English freeze and frost, and it originally described a state of being hardened by cold rather than a magical winter spell.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*preus-
“to freeze; to burn with cold”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*freusaną
“to freeze”
Old English
OE
frēosan
“to freeze”
Middle English
ME
frosen / frozen
“frozen; having become icy or hard from cold”
Modern English
English
frozen
“made into ice or extremely cold”