Etymology of the English word defrost
the English word
defrostusing the English prefix
de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)
derived from the Old French prefix
de-derived from the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the English word
frostderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*preus-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*frusta-Derivations in English
defrosterUsage
Word found in Modern English
