Where does “biotemplate” come from?
biotemplate (English) comes from English template, from English templet, from French templet, from French temple, from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin temp(u)la, from Latin tempora, from Latin tempus — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
biotemplate (English): A biological template
Ancestry of “biotemplate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | template | A physical object whose shape is used as a guide... |
| 2 | English | templet | A pattern, guide, or model used to indicate the... |
| 3 | French | templet | a stretcher |
| 4 | French | temple | temple |
| 5 | Old French | temple | temple |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | temp(u)la | — |
| 7 | Latin | tempora | nominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of... |
| 8 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |