Etymology

timer

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Today it means: A device used to measure amounts of time. Full definition →

English time ← Middle English tyme ← Old English tīma
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timer · noun1

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

From time (verb) + -er.

timer · noun2

From time (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

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