Etymology

realtime

real·time
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English time ← Middle English tyme ← Old English tīma
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  3. Proto-Italic*reis
  4. Classical Latinrēs
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Late Latinreālis
  8. Old Frenchree
  9. Middle Englishreal
  10. Englishreal
  11. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
  14. Proto-Germanic*tīmô
  15. Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
  16. Old Englishtīma
  17. Middle Englishtyme
  18. Englishtime
  19. English todayrealtime

From real + time.

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