Etymology

temptation

temp·ta·tion
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Today it means: The act of tempting. Full definition →

Old French temptacion ← Latin temptatio
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  1. Latin · derived fromtemptatio
  2. Old French · derived fromtemptacion
  3. English todaytemptation

From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatio. Morphologically tempt + -ation.

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