Where does “temps” come from?

temps (Norman) comes 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 (Norman): weather; time; tense

Definitions

  1. weather; time; tense

Ancestry of “temps”, step by step

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