English
templar
Templar comes from Old French templier, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-‘to cut’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400templier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500templer
- Englishtodaytemplar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-‘to cut’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400templier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500templer
- Englishtodaytemplar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’
atom, epitome, tome, contempt, toma, dichotomous, tempestuous, 35 more
Today it means
noun A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- / templar