Etymology

flexitime

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Today it means: An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishflexi(ble)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
  5. Proto-Germanic*tīmô
  6. Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
  7. Old Englishtīma
  8. Middle Englishtyme
  9. Englishtime
  10. English todayflexitime

From flexi(ble) + time.

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