Etymograph

English

subcool

From sub- + cool.

Formed from sub- + cool

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to be cold, to freeze’

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Proto-Germanic *kōluz ‘cool’

Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī)

Old English cōl ‘cool, cold, calm’

Middle English cool

English cool

Today it means

verb To cool (a saturated liquid refrigerant) below the saturation temperature.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subcool”. 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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