Etymograph

English

tamper

From tamp + -er.

Formed from tamp + -er

Another origin of tamper

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tempos‘stretch’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtemperōas temperāre‘to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400temprer‘to temper’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tremperas temprer‘to temper, mix, meddle’
  6. Englishtodaytamper

Today it means

noun A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tamper”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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