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English word temper comes from Proto-Indo-European *temp-, Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-
*temp- (Proto-Indo-European)
to stetch, string, to stretch, string, to pull, stretch
*tengʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*tempos (Proto-Indo-European)
stretch
temporis (Latin)
tempero (Latin)
I am moderate or temperate; I show restraint.. I combine, compound or blend properly.. I divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate.. I refrain or abstain (from), forbear.. I rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order, control.
temperen (Middle English)
temper (English)
(obsolete) Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.. (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.. A tendency to be of a certain type of mood.. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.. Middle state or course; mean; medium.. [...]