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Where does “tempesta” come from?

tempesta (Catalan) comes from Latin tempestās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

tempesta (Catalan): storm, tempest

Definitions

  1. storm, tempest

Ancestry of “tempesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintempestās—
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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