Where does “tempo” come from?

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

tempo (Portuguese): time; a duration of time, especially a long one;...

Definitions

  1. time; a duration of time, especially a long one;...

Ancestry of “tempo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tempo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tempos →Every word from Latin tempus →