Where does “ktëmpëm” come from?

ktëmpëm (Unami) comes from Ladin tëmp, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

ktëmpëm (Unami): your brain

Definitions

  1. your brain

Ancestry of “ktëmpëm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ladintëmptime
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 →