Where does “temporeggiamento” come from?
temporeggiamento (Italian) comes from Italian temporeggiare, 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...
temporeggiamento (Italian): temporizing
Definitions
- temporizing
Ancestry of “temporeggiamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | temporeggiare | to play for time; to 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... |