Where does “temporal” come from?
temporal (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Late Latin temporalis, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
temporal (Norwegian Bokmål): temporal (related to time)
Definitions
- temporal (related to time)
Ancestry of “temporal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | temporalis | — |
| 2 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |