Etymology

timeous

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Today it means: In sufficient time; timely; in (its) proper time or season. Full definition →

Middle English tymous
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtymous
  2. English todaytimeous

From earlier timous, from Middle English tymous, *tymwos, *tymwis (“early”), equivalent to timewise. Cognate with Scots timeous (“timely”). By surface analysis, time + -ous.

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