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
- The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or...
Ancestry of “antetemple”, step by step
antetemple traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Temple
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Temple | Places in the United Kingdom |
| 2 | Middle English | temple | — |
| 3 | Old French | temple | temple |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | temp(u)la | — |
| 5 | Latin | tempora | nominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of... |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
via English ante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ante | A price or cost, as in up the ante; In poker and... |
| 2 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |