English
temperable
From temper + -able.
Formed from temper + -able
Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’
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Latin tempus ‘time, fit season’
Latin temperō ‘(transitive) to divide or proportion duly, to…’
Old English ġetemprian ‘to temper, moderate’
Middle English temperen
English temper
Today it means
adj Capable of being tempered.
Sources
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