An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Tempel

by Friedrich Kluge

Tempel, masculine, ‘temple,’ from the equivalent Middle High German tëmpel, masculine and neuter, Old High German tëmpal, neuter; borrowed during the Old High German period (with ecclesiastical words like Kloster, Altar, &c.) from Latin templum. A Teutonic word used in pre-Christian times for the same idea was Old Saxon alah, Anglo-Saxon ealh, Gothic alhs.