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Where does “temps” come from?

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

temps (Old Occitan): Alternative form of tems

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of tems

Ancestry of “temps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantemstime
2Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

Words derived from “temps”

  • contratemps
  • temps
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →