Etymology

wrong-timed

Today it means: Occurring at an inappropriate time. Full definition →

English time ← Middle English tyme ← Old English tīma
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The story

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

From wrong + time + -ed.

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