'Temporal' is Latin for 'of time' — from 'tempus.' Also means 'worldly' as opposed to spiritual.
Of or relating to time; relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular. In anatomy: of or situated in the temples of the head.
From Latin 'temporālis' (of or pertaining to time, temporary, secular), from 'tempus' (genitive 'temporis,' time, season, the right moment). The PIE root is debated but often connected to *temp- (to stretch, to span), with time conceived as a stretched-out span. The anatomical sense (of the temple of the head) comes from a different but related Latin word: 'tempora' (the temples), possibly because the temples are where the hair first shows
The word 'temple' (the side of the head) and the word 'temple' (a place of worship) are unrelated despite identical spelling. The body part comes from Latin 'tempora' (the temples — related to 'tempus,' time, possibly because gray hair appears here first). The building comes from Latin 'templum' (a consecrated space, from Greek 'témenos,' a sacred precinct, from 'témnein,' to cut
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