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Where does “*templa” come from?

*templa (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin tempula, from Latin tempora, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

Ancestry of “*templa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintempula—
2Latintemporanominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of...
3Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
5Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
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