Freq #7360
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refrigerators
Derived forms
fridgekegeratormicrorefrigeratorminirefrigeratornanorefrigeratorrefrigrefrigerator-freezerrefrigeratorfulrefrigeratorlike
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Simplified etymology
Refrigerator belongs to the same word family as refrigerate and frigid, which comes from Latin frigidus, “cold,” and ultimately from frigus, “cold.” Refrigerator is recorded for something that cools in the early 16th century and for an appliance that preserves food in the mid-19th century.
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).