Where does “temperately” come from?
Temperately comes from English temperate, derived from Latin temperatus (restrained, moderate), from Latin tempero (to mix, regulate), from Latin tempus (time, season).
temperately (English): In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner,...
Definitions
- In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner,...
Ancestry of “temperately”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 2 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 3 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 4 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 5 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |