temper

(Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

B2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈtɛmpə/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English temperen, tempren, from Old English ġetemprian, temprian, borrowed from Latin temperō (“I divide or proportion duly, I moderate, I regulate; intransitive senses I am moderate, I am temperate”), from tempus (“time, fit season”). Compare also French tempérer. Doublet of tamper. See temporal.

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