Etymology

timetable

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Today it means: A tabular schedule of events with the times at which they occur, especially times of arrivals and departures. Full definition →

English table ← Middle English table ← Old English tīma
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The story

  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. Middle Englishtable
  10. Englishtable
  11. English todaytimetable

From time + table.

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