Temple

• The temples are also part of the human head - the two flattened areas on the sides of the forehead, just above and behind the region of the eyes. The origin of this word, and its connection - if any - with the other is very obscure.

This is a development of a later meaning of tempus as 'the right time', which the Romans took over to express the Greek τὰ καἰρια 'the right [place]', i.e. the best place to kill; someone, where the bones of the skull are thinnest: the Latin word tempora (or tempula) is an irregular formation of a neuter plural of tempus. This gives the meaning, mostly in anatomy and medical subjects, of 'to do with the temples of the head, e.g.: