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Where does “tempeste” come from?

tempeste (Old French) comes from Latin tempesta, from Latin tempestās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

tempeste (Old French): storm; tempest

Definitions

  1. storm; tempest

Ancestry of “tempeste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintempestatime, season
2Latintempestās—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “tempeste”

  • tempest
  • tempestite
  • paleotempestology
  • tempêter
  • tempête
  • tempeest
  • tempest
  • timpiste
  • tubaist
  • taempêtaïr
  • tempête
  • taompette
  • tempeest
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