Etymology

overtime

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Today it means: Working time outside of one's regular hours. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  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 todayovertime

From over- + time.

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