Where does “espaço-tempo” come from?

espaço-tempo (Portuguese) 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...

espaço-tempo (Portuguese): spacetime

Definitions

  1. spacetime

Ancestry of “espaço-tempo”, step by step

espaço-tempo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese tempo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetempotime; a duration of time, especially a long one;...
2Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

via Portuguese espaço

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseespaçospace
2LatinspatiumSpace, room, extent; Distance between points; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁-to succeed, to prosper
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tempos →Every word from Latin tempus →