Where does “intempestive” come from?
intempestive (English) comes from Latin intempestīvus, from Latin tempestīvus, 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.
intempestive (English): untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment
Definitions
- untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment
Ancestry of “intempestive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | intempestīvus | untimely, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient |
| 2 | Latin | tempestīvus | timely, opportune, fitting |
| 3 | Latin | tempestās | portion, point, or space of time; time, season, period |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |