Where does “tempu” come from?

tempu (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu tempu, from Portuguese tempo, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

tempu (Papiamentu): time; weather; season

Definitions

  1. time; weather; season

Ancestry of “tempu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabuverdianutemputime; weather; season
2Portuguesetempotime; a duration of time, especially a long one;...
3Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
5Proto-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 →