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Where does “tempête” come from?

tempête (French) comes from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempesta, from Latin tempestās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

tempête (French): storm, tempest

Definitions

  1. storm, tempest

Ancestry of “tempête”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtempestestorm; tempest
2Latintempestatime, season
3Latintempestās—
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “tempête”

  • tempêter
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