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Where does “temno” come from?

temno (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European tm̥-n-h₂-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

temno (Latin): I despise

Definitions

  1. I despise

Ancestry of “temno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantm̥-n-h₂-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “temno”

  • contempt
  • contemptuous
  • contemptible
  • contemptuously
  • contemn
  • contumacy
  • contumacious
  • contemning
  • contemptibly
  • contemner
  • contumaciously
  • contemptuousness
  • contemneth
  • contemptibleness
  • contumaciousness
  • contemnest
  • contemptful
  • self-contempt
  • contemningly
  • contemnible
  • contemptus
  • contemnens
  • contumaciter
  • contumacia
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