frigid的词源

英文词源

frigid (adj.)

1620s, "intensely cold," from Latin frigidus "cold, chill, cool," figuratively "indifferent," also "flat, dull, trivial," from stem of frigere "be cold;" related to noun frigus "cold, coldness, frost," from Proto-Italic *srigos-, from PIE root *srig- "cold" (cognates: Greek rhigos "cold, frost"). The meaning "wanting in sexual heat" is attested from 1650s, originally of males. Related: Frigidly; frigidness.

中文词源

frigid：寒冷的，冷漠的，性冷淡的

来自拉丁语frigidus, 寒冷的，来自PIE*srig, 冷，词源同fridge,sang-froid. 同时，用于指性冷淡。

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frigid：寒冷的，极冷的；冷漠的，冷淡的；(尤指女人)性冷淡的 

词根词缀： -frig-寒冷 + -id形容词词尾