Where does “temple” come from?
temple (Middle English) comes from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin temp(u)la, from Latin tempora, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
Ancestry of “temple”, step by step
temple traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French temple
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | temple | temple |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | temp(u)la | — |
| 3 | Latin | tempora | nominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |