Where does “temperamentos” come from?
temperamentos (Romanian) comes from Romanian temperament, from French tempérament, from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperamentum, from Latin temperō, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
temperamentos (Romanian): temperamental
Definitions
- temperamental
Ancestry of “temperamentos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | temperament | temperament |
| 2 | French | tempérament | temperament, character; mollifying, tempering |
| 3 | Middle French | tempérament | — |
| 4 | Latin | temperamentum | a mixture of things in proper proportion or measure |
| 5 | Latin | temperō | to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |