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Where does “tiempo” come from?

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

tiempo (Spanish): time; a while, period of time, long time, length...

Definitions

  1. time; a while, period of time, long time, length...

Ancestry of “tiempo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tiempo”

  • pasatiempo
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