Where does “templeless” come from?
templeless (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...
templeless (English): Without a temple
Definitions
- Without a temple
Ancestry of “templeless”, step by step
templeless 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... |