Where does “työtempo” come from?

työtempo (Finnish) comes from Finnish tempo, from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

työtempo (Finnish): working tempo

Definitions

  1. working tempo

Ancestry of “työtempo”, step by step

työtempo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tempo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtempotempo
2Italiantempotime; time, age, period; part
3Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tempos →Every word from Latin tempus →