Etymograph

English

temulence

Temulence comes from Latin tēmulentia ‘drunkenness’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtēmulentia1‘drunkenness’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1933temulence1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English temulence
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1933, Osbert Burdett, The Brownings: “But the postcard was not invented in England until…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtēmulentiaWiktionary, English temulence‘drunkenness’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1933temulenceWiktionary, English temulence. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1933, Osbert Burdett, The Brownings: “But the postcard was not invented in England until…”

Every English word from Latin tēmulentia

Today it means

noun Drunkenness; intoxication.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “temulence”. 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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