tâmplă

From a Vulgar Latin root *templa, which is probably derived from a root *tempula, from Latin tempora, plural of tempus, or alternatively from the feminine of templum through confusion with tempus, meaning the temple of the head. Compare Italian tempia, Old French temple.

tâmplă f (plural tâmple)

1. (anatomy) temple (of the head)

From Latin templum, possibly through a Byzantine Greek intermediary τέμπλον (témplon). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *t(e)mp-lo-s, from *temp-. Doublet of templu. Compare Aromanian templu.

tâmplă f (plural tâmple)

1. iconostasis

   Synonyms: catapeteasmă, iconostas

• tâmplar

• templu

• întâmpla