Where does “temperamentalism” come from?
temperamentalism (English) comes from English temperamental, from English temperament, from Middle English temperament, from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperamentum, from Latin temperō, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
temperamentalism (English): A temperamental attitude or personality
Definitions
- A temperamental attitude or personality
Ancestry of “temperamentalism”, step by step
temperamentalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English temperamental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | temperamental | Of, related to, or caused by temperament; Subject... |
| 2 | English | temperament | A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements... |
| 3 | Middle English | temperament | — |
| 4 | Middle French | tempérament | — |
| 5 | Latin | temperamentum | a mixture of things in proper proportion or measure |
| 6 | Latin | temperō | to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate |
| 7 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |