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Where does “temporālis” come from?

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

Ancestry of “temporālis”, step by step

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