Where does “temperatuur” come from?
temperatuur (Dutch) comes from French température, from Latin temperatura, from Latin temperō, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
temperatuur (Dutch): temperature, a measure of cold or heat
Definitions
- temperature, a measure of cold or heat
Ancestry of “temperatuur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | température | temperature |
| 2 | Latin | temperatura | due or proper measure, proportion, composition or... |
| 3 | Latin | temperō | — |
| 4 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
Words derived from “temperatuur”