English word temperature comes from Proto-Indo-European *tempos, and later Latin tempus ((grammar) tense. Time, period, age.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *tempos | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | stretch |
| tempus | Latin (lat) | (grammar) tense. Time, period, age. |
| tempero | Latin (lat) | 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. |
| temperatura | Latin (lat) | (physics) temperature. Due or proper measure, proportion, composition or quality. |
| temperature | English (en) | (now, _, rare, archaic) The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.. (obsolete) The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.. (thermodynamics) A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents. [...] |
