tempio

Italian (Fiorentino)

noun
Definitions
  • (religion) temple
  • (figurative) temple.
  • (by extension of the previous sense) temple, capital, seat
  • (literary) the sky/heaven/paradise as a temple
  • the firmament as a temple

Etymology

Inherited from Latin templum (temple, shrine, area for auspices, a temple, especially for augury auspices, a purlin, a small timber, an open area, sacred place) derived from Proto-Indo-European *t(e)mp-lo-s derived from Latin templum (temple, shrine, area for auspices, a temple, especially for augury auspices, a purlin, a small timber, an open area, sacred place) derived from Ancient Greek τέμενος (sacred enclosure), τέμνω (cut, I cut, separate).

Origin

Ancient Greek

τέμνω

Gloss

cut, I cut, separate

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