English
tamper
From tamp + -er.
Formed from tamp + -er
Another origin of tamper
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tempos‘stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtemperōas temperāre‘to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400temprer‘to temper’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tremperas temprer‘to temper, mix, meddle’
- Englishtodaytamper
Today it means
noun A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tamper