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Tempest

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a violent storm, or figuratively, a violent outburst of emotion
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Stage 1 of 3
tempestas
Latin · ancient
"a period of weather, a season"
a season, a period of weather, from tempus (time)
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Stage 2 of 3
tempeste
Old French · medieval
"a violent storm"
narrowed in French to mean a violent storm
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Stage 3 of 3
tempest
English · 1200s
"a violent windstorm"
settled as the English word for a violent windstorm
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