Where does “intempestivity” come from?
intempestivity (English) comes from Latin intempestivitas, 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.
intempestivity (English): Unseasonability; untimeliness
Definitions
- Unseasonability; untimeliness
Ancestry of “intempestivity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | intempestivitas | untimeliness, unseasonableness, intempestivity |
| 2 | Latin | intempestīvus | — |
| 3 | Latin | tempestīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | tempestās | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |