Where does “temps” come from?
temps (Catalan) comes 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...
temps (Catalan): time; weather
Ancestry of “temps”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | temps | Alternative form of tems |
| 2 | Old Occitan | tems | time |
| 3 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
Words derived from “temps”