Etymograph

English

supercold

From super- + cold.

A compound of super- + cold

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

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Proto-Germanic *kaldaz ‘cold’

Proto-West Germanic *kald

Anglian Old English cald

Middle English cold ‘cold’

English cold

Today it means

adj Very cold; having an extreme cold.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “supercold”. 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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