Latin

tempus

‘time’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin tempus.

23 English words in this record descend from Latin tempus, most familiar first.

• contemporary ← contemporārius
• temporary ← temporarius ← tempora
• temple ← *temp(u)la ← tempora
• tense ← tens ← tens
• temper ← temperen ← ġetemprian ← temperō
• tempo
• template ← templet ← temple
• temporal ← temporel
• temperament ← temperāmentum ← temperō ← *tempos
• contemporaneous ← contemporāneus
• tempestuous ← tempestious ← tempestous ← tempestuōsus ← tempestās
• tempura ← tempero ← temperar ← temperāre ← *tempos

More words from tempus

• matin
• contemporaneously
• contretemps
• temporalis
• temporale
• contemporal
• extemporal
• extemporanea
• tempestivity
• temporaneous
• temporicide

Etymograph / Latin tempus