Where does “contratemps” come from?

contratemps (Catalan) comes from Catalan temps, from Old Occitan temps, from Old Occitan tems, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

contratemps (Catalan): setback, obstacle

Definitions

  1. setback, obstacle

Ancestry of “contratemps”, step by step

contratemps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan temps

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantempstime; weather
2Old OccitantempsAlternative form of tems
3Old Occitantemstime
4Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

via Catalan contra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancontraagainst; con
2Latincontrāagainst
3Latinubīwhere? in what place?, in which place?
4Latincubī—
5Proto-Italic*kʷuðeiwhere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tempos →Every word from Latin tempus →