Where does “テンポ” come from?

テンポ (Japanese) 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...

テンポ (Japanese): pace; tempo; degree of progress; tempo

Definitions

  1. pace; tempo; degree of progress; tempo

Ancestry of “テンポ”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tempos →Every word from Latin tempus →