Old Galician-Portuguese

templo

/ˈtem.plo/ · noun

Meaning

temple (Temple of Jerusalem)
temple (pagan, non-Christian temple)

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Latin templum, from Proto-Indo-European *t(e)mp-lo-s, from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

*t(e)mp-lo-s(ine-pro)→
templum(Latin)→
templo (Old Galician-Portuguese)
Relations: bor, der

Related words

templum(Latin)*t(e)mp-lo-s(ine-pro)templo(Galician)templo(Portuguese)

Descendant words

templo(Galician) (inh)
templo(Portuguese) (inh)

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