temp/tempor

time

Spelled temp, tempor · Latin tempus (stem tempor-) 'time'

Latin tempus meant time: a tempo sets musical timing, a temporary shelter lasts briefly, and contemporary writers share an era.

Words built from it

temporary — Lasting for a limited time.
Latin tempus (time) → temporarius (lasting for a time) → temporary
temporal — Relating to time; also, relating to earthly life.
Latin tempus (time) → temporalis (relating to time) → temporal
temporize — Delay a decision or action to gain time.
Latin tempus (time) → Medieval Latin temporizare (delay) → French temporiser → temporize
contemporary — Living or happening at the same time; belonging to the present.
Latin con- (together) + tempus (time) → contemporarius (of the same time) → contemporary
extemporaneous — Spoken or performed with little or no advance preparation.
Latin ex tempore (out of the moment), from ex (out of) + tempus (time) → extemporaneus → extemporaneous
tempo — The speed of music or the pace of an activity.
Latin tempus (time) → Italian tempo (time; musical pace) → English tempo

temptation — It comes from Latin temptare, 'test or try,' rather than tempus, 'time.'