Where does “tempulum” come from?

tempulum (Latin) comes from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

tempulum (Latin): Diminutive of tempus

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of tempus

Ancestry of “tempulum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
2Proto-Italic-olos—
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “tempulum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Proto-Italic -elos →