Etymology

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Today it means: The absence of time; timelessness. Full definition →

Middle English untime ← Old English untīma ← Proto-Germanic *untīmô
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untime · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*untīmô
  2. Old English · inherited fromuntīma“an unseasonable time”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromuntime
  4. English todayuntime

From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime).

untime · adjective2

  1. Old English · inherited fromuntīme
  2. Middle English · inherited fromuntime
  3. English todayuntime

From Middle English untime, from Old English untīme.

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