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Where does “antetemple” come from?

antetemple (English) comes from English Temple, 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...

antetemple (English): The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or...

Definitions

  1. The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or...

Ancestry of “antetemple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTemple—
2Middle Englishtemple—
3Old Frenchtempletemple
4Vulgar Latintemp(u)la—
5Latintemporanominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of...
6Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
8Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
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