Where does “contratimp” come from?

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

contratimp (Romanian): contretemps, an inopportune event

Definitions

  1. contretemps, an inopportune event

Ancestry of “contratimp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantimptime; weather
2Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
4Proto-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 →
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