tempus

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Latin word tempus comes from Proto-Indo-European *temp-, Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-

*temp- (Proto-Indo-European)

to stetch, string, to stretch, string, to pull, stretch

*tengʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*tempos (Proto-Indo-European)

stretch

tempus (Latin)

(grammar) tense. Time, period, age.

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