Where does “tempera” come from?
Tempera comes from Italian tempera, a painting technique using pigment mixed with a binder, ultimately derived from the Latin verb temperāre meaning to mix or blend.
tempera (English): A medium used to bind pigments in painting, as...
Definitions
- A medium used to bind pigments in painting, as...
Ancestry of “tempera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tempera | tempera, distemper; tempera painting; Alternative... |
| 2 | Italian | temperare | to sharpen; to temper; to quench |
| 3 | Latin | temperō | to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate |
| 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... |