Etymology

daytime

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Today it means: The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset. Full definition →

English time ← Middle English tyme ← Old English tīma
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
  2. Proto-Germanic*dagaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*dag
  4. Old Englishdæġ
  5. Middle Englishday
  6. Englishday
  7. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
  10. Proto-Germanic*tīmô
  11. Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
  12. Old Englishtīma
  13. Middle Englishtyme
  14. Englishtime
  15. English todaydaytime

From day + time.

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