tempus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- time, period, age
- season quarter of the year
- kairos, right time, due season, due time, proper time, appointed time, opportune time, opportunity
- circumstances collectively
- (grammar) tense
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (stretch), *temh₂- (cut).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*temh₂-
Gloss
cut
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -tomy English
- atom English
- syntomic English
- tempo English
- temporalis English
- temporaneous English
- temporary English
- tense English
- tomomania English
- tempo Finnish
- -ālis Latin
- contemno Latin
- cortumio Latin
- ex- Latin
- extemporalis Latin
- intempestus Latin
- phlebotomus Latin
- temnō Latin
- tempora Latin
- temporalis Latin
- temporaneus Latin
- temporarius Latin
- temporālis Latin
- Tempo German
- contrattempo Italian
- controtempo Italian
- intertempo Italian
- nottetempo Italian
- stratempo Italian
- tempaccio Italian
- tempia Italian
- tempismo Italian
- tempista Italian
- tempistica Italian
- tempo Italian
- tempone Italian
- temporale Italian
- temporizzare Italian
- tempo Dutch, Flemish
- temporaire French
- temporel French
- temps French
- contratiempo Spanish, Castilian
- tempo Spanish, Castilian
- temporal Spanish, Castilian
- temporario Spanish, Castilian
- temporero Spanish, Castilian
- temporizador Spanish, Castilian
- tiempo Spanish, Castilian
- βούτομον Ancient Greek
- διχότομος Ancient Greek
- σκυτοτόμος Ancient Greek
- τέμενος Ancient Greek
- τέμνω Ancient Greek
- ταμίας Ancient Greek
- τμῆμα Ancient Greek
- τμῆσις Ancient Greek
- τομή Ancient Greek
- τόμος Ancient Greek
- φλεβότομος Ancient Greek
- ἄτομος Ancient Greek
- ἐκτέμνω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιτέμνω Ancient Greek
- ἔκτμημα Ancient Greek
- ἔντομος Ancient Greek
- *h₂eys- Proto-Indo-European
- *t(e)mp-lo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *temh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *templom Proto-Indo-European
- *tempos Proto-Indo-European
- *tm̥-n-h₂- Proto-Indo-European
- tempo Norwegian Bokmål
- temporal Norwegian Bokmål
- tempo Portuguese
- temporal Portuguese
- temporário Portuguese
- *þingą Proto-Germanic
- テンポ Japanese
- tempo Polish
- tempo Norwegian Nynorsk
- temporalia Norwegian Nynorsk
- tempus Norwegian Nynorsk
- ciricþing Old English
- þing Old English
- þyncþ Old English
- thing Middle English
- thyng Middle English
- -tóime Irish
- tempo Danish
- tempo Czech
- tans Old French
- temporal Old French
- temps Old French
- tens Old French
- tostans Old French
- alitempe Esperanto
- antaŭtempa Esperanto
- dutempo Esperanto
- intertempe Esperanto
- intertempo Esperanto
- lastatempa Esperanto
- lastatempe Esperanto
- lastatempo Esperanto
- libertempo Esperanto
- samtempeco Esperanto
- siatempe Esperanto
- spactempo Esperanto
- tempaĝo Esperanto
- tempio Esperanto
- tempo Esperanto
- tiutempe Esperanto
- tempo Serbo-Croatian
- -tomia Catalan, Valencian
- tempo Catalan, Valencian
- temporal Catalan, Valencian
- temps Catalan, Valencian
- tempo Galician
- temporal Galician
- anotimp Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- timp Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เทมโป Thai
- Temnospondyli Translingual
- temps Norman
- tiyempo Tagalog
- mot Albanian
- temps Middle French
- אטום Hebrew (modern)
- אטומי Hebrew (modern)
- tempo Old Portuguese
- tèms Occitan
- 템포 Korean
- *temalom Proto-Italic
- taimp Romansh
- tains Romansh
- temp Romansh
- temps Romansh
- tiempu Asturian
- temporâl Friulian
- timp Friulian
- temps Old Occitan
- tems Old Occitan
- tempu Sicilian
- tenpo Venetian
- *māti Proto-Albanian
- tiamp Dalmatian
- tins Walloon
- tamps Bourguignon
- tëmp Ladin
- tempus Sardinian
- tiempo Neapolitan
- tenpo Istriot
- aestumāre Old Latin
- tans Picard
- tiempo omq-teo