English
Maytime
From May + time.
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- ‘to be able’
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Proto-Germanic *maganą ‘to be able’
Proto-West Germanic *magan ‘to be able’
Old English magan ‘can’
Middle English magen
English May
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to divide’
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Proto-Germanic *tīmô ‘division, period; time’
Proto-West Germanic *tīmō
Old English tīma ‘time, period’
Middle English tyme
English time
Today it means
noun The spring month of May.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Maytime