time
Synonyms:
epoch, era, moment, occasion, span, spell, term.
Related Words:
age, date, day, future, generation, life, moment, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, space, stage, turn, while.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English tīma; cognate with Old Norse tīmi; (verb) Middle English timen to arrange a time, derivative of the noun; akin to tide1. British dictionary: Old English tīma; related to Old English tīd time, Old Norse tīmi, Alemannic zīme; see tide 1. —Dictionary.com.
First Known Use of time: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: 14th century. Adjective: circa 1711. History and Etymology for time: Noun: Middle English, from Old English tīma; akin to Old Norse tīmi time, Old English tīd — more at tide entry 3. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
epoch, era, moment, occasion, span, spell, term.
Related Words:
age, date, day, future, generation, life, moment, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, space, stage, turn, while.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English tīma; cognate with Old Norse tīmi; (verb) Middle English timen to arrange a time, derivative of the noun; akin to tide1. British dictionary: Old English tīma; related to Old English tīd time, Old Norse tīmi, Alemannic zīme; see tide 1. —Dictionary.com.
First Known Use of time: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: 14th century. Adjective: circa 1711. History and Etymology for time: Noun: Middle English, from Old English tīma; akin to Old Norse tīmi time, Old English tīd — more at tide entry 3. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.