English
temporaneous
Temporaneous comes from Late Latin temporāneus ‘timely’, from Latin tempus ‘time’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-1‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tempos2‘stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempus3‘time’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEtemporāneus3‘timely’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681temporaneous3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *tempos
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin tempus
- 3 Wiktionary, English temporaneous
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1681, Henry Hallywell: “Those things may cause a temporaneous disunion.”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temp-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *tempos‘to stretch, string’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*temposWiktionary, Latin tempus‘stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtempusWiktionary, English temporaneous‘time’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEtemporāneusWiktionary, English temporaneous‘timely’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681temporaneousWiktionary, English temporaneous. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1681, Henry Hallywell: “Those things may cause a temporaneous disunion.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’
antenna, contemplate, contemplation, templar, 22 more
through Proto-Italic *tempos ‘stretch’
temperature, temperament, temperate, tamper, temperance, tempera, 15 more
through Latin tempus ‘time’
temple, contemporary, tense, temper, template, matin, tempura, tempestuous, contemporaneously, 13 more
Today it means
adj temporary
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “temporaneous”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *tempos, Latin tempus. 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 *temp- / temporaneous