Where does “temps” come from?

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

temps (Latvian): speed; pace; rate

Definitions

  1. speed; pace; rate

Ancestry of “temps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtempstime; weather; tense
2Old Frenchtempsweather
3Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
5Proto-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 →