tepid
English
/ˈtɛpɪd/
adj
Definitions
- Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tepidus root from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (be warm, warm, hot, be hot).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tep-
Gloss
be warm, warm, hot, be hot
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暑, 熱
Emoji
🌡️ ☀️ 🌞 🌵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- subtepid English
- tepidity English
- tepidly English
- tepidness English
- tepefacio Latin
- tepefacĕre Latin
- tepeō Latin
- tepidus Latin
- tepor Latin
- teporem, tepor Latin
- tiepido Italian
- tépide French
- tibio Spanish, Castilian
- *tep- Proto-Indo-European
- tépido Portuguese
- *þefōną Proto-Germanic
- तप्त Sanskrit
- तप्यति Sanskrit
- alathe Irish
- teocht Irish
- *teplъ Proto-Slavic
- *toplъ Proto-Slavic
- *topìti Proto-Slavic
- tiede Old French
- tieve Old French
- tebi Catalan, Valencian
- tépedo Galician
- تفت Persian
- tenlach Old Irish
- tibio Old Portuguese
- *texstus Proto-Celtic
- *teɸents Proto-Celtic
- *teɸesmis Proto-Celtic
- *teɸnets Proto-Celtic
- *tap- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *tāpakas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *tāpás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *tepēō Proto-Italic
- tivid Friulian
- tʾp̄k' Middle Persian
- tāpce Tocharian B
- تود Pashto, Pushto
- tepide Interlingua