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Where does “tempó” come from?

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

tempó (Hungarian): tempo, pace, speed; tempo; stroke

Definitions

  1. tempo, pace, speed; tempo; stroke

Ancestry of “tempó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantempotime; time, age, period; part
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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