Where does “Temple” come from?
Temple (English) comes from Middle English temple, from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin temp(u)la, from Latin tempora, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
Ancestry of “Temple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | temple | — |
| 2 | Old French | temple | temple |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | temp(u)la | — |
| 4 | Latin | tempora | nominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |