Where does “nontemple” come from?
nontemple (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...
nontemple (English): Not of or pertaining to a temple
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to a temple
Ancestry of “nontemple”, step by step
nontemple 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... |