Where does “tempus” come from?

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

tempus (Latin): time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...

Definitions

  1. time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...

Ancestry of “tempus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
2Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

Words derived from “tempus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp-