- tempestuous (adj.)[tempestuous 词源字典]
- late 14c., from Late Latin tempestuosus "stormy, turbulent," from Latin tempestas "storm, commotion, time" (see tempest). The figurative sense is older in English; literal sense is from c. 1500. Related: Tempestuously; tempestuousness.[tempestuous etymology, tempestuous origin, 英语词源]