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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

  1. Of or relating to time; Of limited time;...

Ancestry of “temporal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtemporal—
2Frenchtemporeltemporal
3Latintemporālis—
4Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
6Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

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
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