Where does “temporal” come from?
Temporal comes from Middle English temporal, from Latin temporālis meaning of time, from Latin tempus meaning time or season, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European temp-.
temporal (English): Of or relating to time; Of limited time;...
Definitions
- Of or relating to time; Of limited time;...
Ancestry of “temporal”, step by step
temporal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English temporal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | temporal | — |
| 2 | French | temporel | temporal |
| 3 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 4 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
via Latin temporalitas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | temporalitas | — |
Words derived from “temporal”
- temporally
- temporality
- spatiotemporal
- intertemporal
- frontotemporal
- atemporal
- infratemporal
- bitemporal
- nontemporal
- temporalization
- spatiotemporally
- occipitotemporal
- inferotemporal
- transtemporal
- extratemporal
- subtemporal
- multitemporal
- auriculotemporal
- centrotemporal
- intratemporal
- supratemporal
- intertemporally
- parietotemporal
- omnitemporal