Etymograph

English

temperer

From temper + -er.

Formed from temper + -er

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

noun A person who tempers (in any meaning).

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Etymograph / temperer