Why is it called “Refrigeration” and not just “Frigeration”?
The prefix “Re” means “back, back from, back to the original place” or “again, anew, once more.”
So what happened to the Frigeration the first time through? Why are we RE-frigerating things?
Perhaps because it is in a closed loop - so is re-circulating and you re-cool the hot air??? (I have no idea, just a guess!)
One of my pet peeves (although I often call it that myself) is the “hot water heater”.
“I’m refinishing this table.”
“Don’t you have to re-start?” — George Carlin
Frigidaire was founded as the Guardian Frigerator Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and developed the first self-contained refrigerator, invented by Nathaniel B. Wales and Alfred Mellowes in 1916. In 1918
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidaire
One of the first companies was called ‘Frigerator’ not Re- Frigerator. I think you’re on to something....