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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

  1. Unseasonability; untimeliness

Ancestry of “intempestivity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintempestivitasuntimeliness, unseasonableness, intempestivity
2Latinintempestīvus—
3Latintempestīvus—
4Latintempestās—
5Latin-tās—
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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