time
→
lay, secular
2 realizations
FAMILY: Indo-European
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | temporal | |
| meaning 1 | of or relating to time | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | 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' |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | saeculum | |
| lexeme 2 | saecularis | |
| meaning 1 | time, age, era | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lay, secular, profane | |
| reference | Lewis, Short | |
| comment | ||