The story
- Middle English · derived fromtempten“to tempt”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromtempteour
- Old French · derived fromtempter
- Middle English · inherited fromtempter
- English todaytempter
From Middle English tempter, temptere, temptour, temptoure, from Old French tempter, temptere, tenteor, Anglo-Norman tempteour, temptur and Middle English tempten (“to tempt”); equivalent to tempt + -er.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchtempter all →
tempttaunt
Middle Englishtempten all →
tempt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.