Etymograph

English

templar

Templar comes from Old French templier, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-1‘to cut’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400templier1
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500templer1
  4. Englishtodaytemplar1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English templar

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-Wiktionary, English templar‘to cut’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400templierWiktionary, English templar
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500templerWiktionary, English templar
  4. EnglishtodaytemplarWiktionary, English templar

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’

atom, epitome, tome, contempt, toma, dichotomous, tempestuous, 35 more

Today it means

noun A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “templar”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- / templar

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