Where does “tempo” come from?
tempo (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese tempo, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
tempo (Papiamentu): time; weather; season
Ancestry of “tempo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | tempo | time; a duration of time, especially a long one;... |
| 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... |