Where does “temperatura” come from?

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

temperatura (Polish): temperature

Definitions

  1. temperature

Ancestry of “temperatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtempératuretemperature
2Latintemperaturadue or proper measure, proportion, composition or...
3Latintemperōto divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate
4Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European temposEvery word from Latin tempus