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  1. www.etymonline.com › word › tempesttempest | Etymology of tempest by etymonline

    May 4, 2024 · "intense windstorm; violent strong wind accompanied by rain, snow, hail, etc.," late… See origin and meaning of tempest.

    • 한국어 (Korean)

      tempest 뜻: 대소동; "폭풍," 13세기 후반, 고대 프랑스어 tempeste "폭풍; 소란, 전투;...

    • Français (French)

      Signification de tempest: tempête; "Tempête violente", fin...

    • Deutsch (German)

      "violent storm," spätes 13. Jh., aus dem Altfranzösischen...

    • Tempered

      "mix or work up into proper condition, adjust or restore to...

    • Storm

      storm (v.). of the wind, "to rage, be violent, blow with...

    • Brave

      brave. (adj.) "exhibiting courage or courageous endurance,"...

    • Temperature

      temperature. (n.). mid-15c., "fact of being tempered, proper...

    • Templar

      Templar. (n.) "member of the medieval religious/military...

    • Lee

      lee. (n.). Middle English le, leoh, from Old English hleo...

    • Topography

      topography. (n.) early 15c., topographie, "description of a...

  2. www.etymonline.com › word › tortuositytortuosity | Etymology of tortuosity by etymonline

    May 13, 2024 · "something twisted," from Old French tortuosite, from tortuos (see tortuous), and compare… See origin and meaning of tortuosity.

  3. www.etymonline.com › word › top-sailtop-sail | Etymology of top-sail by etymonline

    May 9, 2024 · Entries linking to top-sail. sail (n.) "piece of shaped cloth spread so as to catch the wind and cause a vessel to move in water," Old English segl "sail, veil, curtain," from Proto-Germanic *seglom (source also of Old Saxon, Swedish segel, Old Norse segl, Old Frisian seil, Dutch zeil, Old High German segal, German Segel ), of obscure origin ...

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  5. www.etymonline.com › word › time-linetime-line | Etymology of time-line by etymonline

    May 9, 2024 · Dutch lijn, Old High German lina, German Leine, Old Norse lina "a cord, rope," are likewise from Latin. Spanish and Italian have the word in the learned form linea. In continental measurements, a subdivision of an inch (one-tenth or one-twelfth in England), attested in English from 1660s but never common.

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  7. www.etymonline.com › word › tongue-twistertongue-twister | Etymology of tongue-twister by etymonline

    May 2, 2024 · tongue-twister (n.) tongue-twister. (n.) 1875, in reference to an awkward sentence, 1892 of a phrase arranged phonetically to be difficult to pronounce, from tongue (n.) + agent noun from twist (v.). The first called by the name in print might be "Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop." also from 1875.

  8. www.etymonline.com › word › toggerytoggery | Etymology of toggery by etymonline

    Apr 29, 2024 · 1708, "outer garment," since later 18c. usually in plural togs, a shortened from togman "cloak, loose coat" (1560s), a thieves' cant word, formed from French togue "cloak," which is from Latin toga (see toga ). Middle English toge "Roman toga" (14c., from Old French and Latin) also was a cant word for "a coat." word-forming element making nouns ...

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