Etymograph

English

temporale

Temporale comes from Ecclesiastical Latin temporālis ‘of or pertaining to time’, from Proto-Italic *tempos ‘stretch’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temp-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-1‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tempos2‘stretch’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempus3‘time’
  4. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500temporālis4‘of or pertaining to time’
  5. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500temporāle4substantivisation of temporālis
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2003temporale4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *tempos
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin tempus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin temporalis
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English temporale
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2003, Pia Palladino: “The third and final volume of the temporale employs…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *tempos‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*temposWiktionary, Latin tempus‘stretch’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempusWiktionary, Latin temporalis‘time’
  4. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500temporālisWiktionary, English temporale‘of or pertaining to time’
  5. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500temporāleWiktionary, English temporalesubstantivisation of temporālis
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2003temporaleWiktionary, English temporale. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2003, Pia Palladino: “The third and final volume of the temporale employs…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’

antenna, contemplate, contemplation, templar, 21 more

through Proto-Italic *tempos ‘stretch’

temperature, temperament, tamper, temperate, temperance, tempera, contemporaneously, 14 more

through Latin tempus ‘time’

tense, contemporary, temple, temper, template, matin, contemporaneous, tempestuous, tempura, 13 more

Another origin of temporale

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tempos‘stretch’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempus‘a time’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtemporālis‘of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presenttemporal‘storm’
  6. Englishtodaytemporale

Borrowed from Spanish temporal (‘storm’), perhaps via back-formation from the plural temporales.

Today it means

noun A cycle of texts to be read or chanted at liturgical services on particular weeks and movable feasts throughout the year; a book that contains this cycle.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “temporale”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *tempos, Latin tempus, Latin temporalis. 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.

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