Where does “temporiser” come from?
temporiser (French) comes from Middle French temporiser, from Medieval Latin temporizāre, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
temporiser (French): to temporize
Ancestry of “temporiser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | temporiser | to wait one's time, temporize |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | temporizāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
Words derived from “temporiser”