Where does “tins” come from?

tins (Walloon) comes from Old French tens, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

tins (Walloon): times; weather

Definitions

  1. times; weather

Ancestry of “tins”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchtensAlternative form of tans
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 →
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