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English word template comes from Latin tempesta, Proto-Indo-European *temp-, Proto-Italic *temalom, and later French temple (Temple (for worship).)
tempesta (Latin)
*temp- (Proto-Indo-European)
to stetch, string, to stretch, string, to pull, stretch
*temalom (Proto-Italic)
*t(e)mp-lo-s (Proto-Indo-European)
templum (Latin)
A temple, shrine, sacred place. An open area, especially for augury.
temple (French)
Temple (for worship).
templet (French)
templet (English)
A pattern, guide, or model used to indicate the shape any piece of work is to assume when finished.. A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
template (English)
(molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.. (object-oriented) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects. [...]