Where does “tempora” come from?
tempora (Italian) comes from Latin tempora, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
tempora (Italian): Ember days: days of fasting formerly prescribed...
Definitions
- Ember days: days of fasting formerly prescribed...
Ancestry of “tempora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tempora | nominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of... |
| 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... |