Where does “good-tempered” come from?
good-tempered (English) comes from English Good, from Dutch goed, from Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-West Germanic gōd, from Proto-Germanic gudą, from Proto-Germanic gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
good-tempered (English): Not easily irritated; affable
Definitions
- Not easily irritated; affable
Ancestry of “good-tempered”, step by step
good-tempered traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Good
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Good | Plato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles; the fundamental Platonic form which enables knowledge and metacognition, from which other concepts such as truth, justice and virtue derive meaning |
| 2 | Dutch | goed | good; correct, right; all right, fine |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | goet | good |
| 4 | Old Dutch | guot | good |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gōd | good |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English tempered
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tempered | Having a specified disposition or temper;... |
| 2 | Middle English | tempred | — |
| 3 | Old English | ġetemprod | tempered, moderate, goverened, cured |
| 4 | Old English | ġetemprian | to temper, moderate, govern, cure |
| 5 | Latin | temperō | to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |