Where does “templiu” come from?
templiu (Romanian) comes from Romanian templu, from French temple, from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin temp(u)la, from Latin tempora, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
templiu (Romanian): temple
Definitions
- temple
Ancestry of “templiu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | templu | temple |
| 2 | French | temple | temple for worship |
| 3 | Old French | temple | temple |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | temp(u)la | — |
| 5 | Latin | tempora | nominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of... |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |