Etymology

mistime

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Today it means: To perform an action at the wrong time; especially to misjudge the timing of coordinated events. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
  12. Proto-Germanic*tīmô
  13. Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
  14. Old Englishtīma
  15. Middle Englishtyme
  16. Englishtime
  17. English todaymistime

From mis- + time.

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