Where does “temperamentalist” come from?
temperamentalist (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...
temperamentalist (English): A temperamental person
Definitions
- A temperamental person
Ancestry of “temperamentalist”, step by step
temperamentalist 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 ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |