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Where does “tempestos” come from?

tempestos (Old French) comes from Latin tempestuosus, from Latin tempestūs, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

Ancestry of “tempestos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintempestuosus—
2Latintempestūs—
3Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

Words derived from “tempestos”

  • tempestuous
  • tempestuously
  • tempestuousness
  • untempestuous
  • tempestuous
  • tempestous
  • tempestious
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →