temporal

temporal · adjective, noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromtemporālis“of time (in grammar), temporary, relating to time as opposed to eternity”
2. Old French · derived fromtemporel
3. Middle English · inherited fromtemporal, temporel“transitory, worldly, material, of secular society”
4. English todaytemporal

From Middle English temporal, temporel (“transitory, worldly, material, of secular society”), from Old French temporel or Latin temporālis (“of time (in grammar), temporary, relating to time as opposed to eternity”), from tempus (“time, period, opportunity”) + -ālis.

temporal · adjective, noun²

1. Late Latin · derived fromtemporālis
2. Middle French · derived fromtimporal, temporal
3. English todaytemporal

From Middle English, from Middle French timporal, temporal, from Late Latin temporālis, from tempora (“the temples of the head”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of temporalis.

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