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Where does “trempé” come from?

trempé (Norman) comes from Norman tremper, from Old French temprer, from Latin temperō, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

trempé (Norman): past participle of tremper; soaked

Definitions

  1. past participle of tremper; soaked

Ancestry of “trempé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normantremperto dip
2Old Frenchtemprerto temper; to moderate; to milden the water in a...
3Latintemperō—
4Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
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