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temperare
Latin · ancient
"to mix in proper proportion"
to mix in proportion, to temper
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tempera
Italian · 1600s
"paint made with an egg or glue binder"
settled in Italian for paint made by mixing pigment with egg or another binder
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tempera
English · 1849
"paint made from pigment mixed with a water-soluble binder"
adopted directly for the fast-drying paint medium
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