The story
- Latin · learned borrowing fromtemerārius“accidental, casual, rash, reckless”
- English todaytemerarious
Learned borrowing from Latin temerārius (“accidental, casual, rash, reckless”), from temerē (“by chance, at random, rashly”).
First known use, by meaning
- early 16th c. Characterized by temerity; recklessly daring or bold.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.