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Where does “templar” come from?

Templar comes from Old French templier, a member of a military religious order.

templar (English): One of the Knights Templar

Definitions

  1. One of the Knights Templar

Ancestry of “templar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTemplera Templar
2Old Frenchtemplier—
3Latintempluman open space for augural observation; open,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeant(e)mp-lo-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
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