English
tempest
Tempest comes from Old French tempeste ‘storm’, and goes back to Latin tempesta.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempesta
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400tempeste‘storm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1667tempest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempesta
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400tempeste‘storm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1667tempest
Earliest quotation: 1667, John Milton, Book VII: “. . . the seal And bended dolphins play;…”
Every English word from Latin tempesta
Today it means
noun A storm, especially one with severe winds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tempesta / tempest