Etymograph

English

fairtime

From fair + time.

A compound of fair + time

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to attach’

Proto-Germanic *fagraz ‘appropriate’

Proto-West Germanic *fagr ‘beautiful’

Old English fæġer ‘beautiful’

Middle English fayr ‘beautiful’

English fair

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 period of time during which a fair takes place.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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