English
full-time
From full + time.
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
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Proto-Germanic *fullaz ‘full’
Proto-West Germanic *full ‘full’
Old English full ‘full’
Middle English ful ‘full’
English full
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
adj Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity, especially a job.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / full-time