Where does “Knight Templar” come from?

Knight Templar (English) comes from English Templar, from German Templer, from Old French templier, from Latin templum, from Proto-Indo-European t(e)mp-lo-s, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

Knight Templar (English): A knightly member of the crusader age military...

Definitions

  1. A knightly member of the crusader age military...

Ancestry of “Knight Templar”, step by step

Knight Templar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Templar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTemplarOne of the Knights Templar
2GermanTemplera Templar
3Old Frenchtemplier—
4Latintempluman open space for augural observation; open,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeant(e)mp-lo-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

via English Knight

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKnightfor someone who was a mounted soldier
2Middle Englishknightknight
3Old Englishcnihtboy; servant, attendant; male of high military...
4Proto-West Germanicknehtyouth, boy; servant, knight
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