Etymograph

English

refreeze

From re- + freeze.

A compound of re- + freeze

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *prews- ‘to freeze’

Proto-Germanic *freusaną ‘to freeze’

Proto-West Germanic *freusan ‘to freeze’

Old English frēosan ‘to freeze’

Middle English fresen ‘to come into existence due to freezing (of ice)’

English freeze

Today it means

verb To freeze again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “refreeze”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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