English word time comes from Proto-Indo-European *dey-, and later Proto-Germanic *tīmô (Time.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*dey- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to shine |
*tī- | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*tī- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*tīmô | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Time. |
tīma | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | |
tima | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | A finite period of time.. A period of history, an era.. A point in time, a recognisable part of the year, season or day.. A specific period of existence or action, especially a person’s lifetime or a woman’s pregnancy.. The proper or appropriate time for something, especially a birth or death. |
tyme | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | Time. |
time | English (en) | (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.. To measure, as in music or harmony.. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. (UK, of pubs) Closing time.. (countable) A measurement of a quantity of [...] |