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Where does “tempo” come from?

tempo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese tempo, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

tempo (Galician): time; period, age; weather

Definitions

  1. time; period, age; weather

Ancestry of “tempo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetempo—
2Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
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