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Where does “temperandus” come from?

temperandus (Latin) comes from Latin temperō, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

temperandus (Latin): which is to be tempered

Definitions

  1. which is to be tempered

Ancestry of “temperandus”, step by step

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