. . "Contemplation means profound thinking about something. The word contemplation comes from the Latin word contemplatio. Its root is also that of the Latin word templum, a piece of ground consecrated for the taking of auspices, or a building for worship, derived either from Proto-Indo-European base *tem- \"to cut\", and so a \"place reserved or cut out\" or from the Proto-Indo-European base *temp- \"to stretch\", and thus referring to a cleared space in front of an altar."@en . .