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Where does “timpuriu” come from?

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

timpuriu (Romanian): early, premature, untimely; precocious; hasty

Definitions

  1. early, premature, untimely; precocious; hasty

Ancestry of “timpuriu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintemporivusearly
2Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
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