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Where does “temperamenttinen” come from?

temperamenttinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish temperamentti, from Swedish temperament, from Latin temperamentum, from Latin temperō, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

temperamenttinen (Finnish): temperamental

Definitions

  1. temperamental

Ancestry of “temperamenttinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtemperamenttitemperament
2Swedishtemperament—
3Latintemperamentum—
4Latintemperō—
5Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
7Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
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