During the mid-20th century, a refrigerator in Israel, commonly referred as "Frigider" (פריג'ידר)(From the Romanian word "Frigider"). When I asked in the talk page of the article of refrigerator in the Hebrew Wikipedia, if there is a relation between the Romanian term "Frigider" and it Hebrew counterpart "פריג'ידר", and the name of Frigidaire corporation, considering Frigidaire isn't so popular here in Israel, and I don't know what is the popularity of this brand in Romania, one of the operators, said that he assuming that in Romania, the name "Frigider" derived from "Frigidaire".
So I'm wondering if the English term "Fridge" for a refrigerator, also derived from the brand of Frigidaire?

So I'm wondering if the English term "Fridge" for a refrigerator, also derived from the brand of Frigidaire?

I believe it is the opposite. In French, it is common to say Frigidaire when talking about any refrigerator, regardless of the brand. Doing so is technically improper unless the brand is really Frigidaire, but it is widely used. It is the same as saying Electrolux instead of vacuum cleaner, or Kleenex instead of paper tissue.

The word fridge comes from the Latin 'refrigeratio' which means to lower the temperature, to chill. That word is way older than the brand name.

And the word 'fridge' is really a shortened form of 'refrigerator'.

Thanks. I also didn't know that the brand Frigidaire is a generic trademark for refrigerator in French. But to Hebrew, I think that the Hebrew word "פריג'ידר", actually came from the Romanian "Frigider" and not from French, as The number of French people that came to Israel, is far less than the number of Romanian people, which most of them, came during the mass immigration after The establishment of Israel at 1948.

The Romanian word most likely comes from the Latin root as well. 

It is the same as saying Electrolux instead of vacuum cleaner.

I generally use the word Hoover to describe a vacuum cleaner, and say hoovering for the act of using the vacuum cleaner.

"Electrolux" for vacuum cleaner-"Skilsaw" for any hand held circular saw,"Kleenex" for tissue papers.

I've known people to use Hoover for a vacuum cleaner, however using Electrolux is more common.

Heck i even cll the refrigerator “ice  box”