Atemporal
/ˌeɪ.təmˈpɔːr.əl/noun
Not bound by or existing in time.
Did you know?Atemporal is built from the same Latin root as *temporary* and *temple*’s ancient time-ordering cousins, showing how language can frame time as something you can step outside of.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
a-
“prefix meaning “away from, not””
Latin
Latin
tempus
“time”
Late Latin
Latin
atemporalis
“not of time; timeless”
16th–19th Century
French/English
atemporal
“used in philosophical and literary contexts for something outside temporal time”
Modern English
English
atemporal
“not related to or limited by time”