Where does “untempered” come from?
Untempered comes from English tempered, deriving from Latin temperāre, which traces to Proto-Indo-European temp- meaning to stretch or extend.
untempered (English): Not tempered; not conditioned by a process; In...
Definitions
- Not tempered; not conditioned by a process; In...
Ancestry of “untempered”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tempered | Having a specified disposition or temper;... |
| 2 | Middle English | tempred | — |
| 3 | Old English | ġetemprod | tempered, moderate, goverened, cured |
| 4 | Old English | ġetemprian | to temper, moderate, govern, cure |
| 5 | Latin | temperō | to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |