Where does “temps” come from?

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

temps (Romansch): time

Definitions

  1. time

Ancestry of “temps”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tempos →Every word from Latin tempus →
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