Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Temperateness” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• temper

  time, season; to mix, moderate

  Forms: temp

• -ate

  forms adjectives and nouns, denoting a state, office, function, or a quality, characteristic; also forms verbs from nouns and adjectives, to do, to make, to cause -ati: a group or class of people

  Forms: ate

• -ness

  forming an abstract noun that denoting action, quality, or state

  Forms: ness, esse, ice