Where does “temporalis” come from?
Temporalis derives from Latin temporalis, formed from Latin tempus meaning "time" plus the Latin suffix -alis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European temp-.
temporalis (English): The temporal muscle
Ancestry of “temporalis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | temporalis | — |
| 2 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |