Where does “temple” come from?
Temple comes from Latin templum, derived from Proto-Indo-European t(e)mp-lo-s, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root temp-.
temple (English): A house of worship, especially; A meeting house...
Definitions
- A house of worship, especially; A meeting house...
Ancestry of “temple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |