English
haytime
Haytime comes from Middle English hey-tyme.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hey-tyme
- Englishearliest quotation 1892haytime
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hey-tyme
- Englishearliest quotation 1892haytime
Earliest quotation: 1892, Charlotte Mary Yonge, An Old Woman's Outlook in a Hampshire Village: “These early haytimes belong to our Southern counties.”
Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ‘to beat, hew, forge’
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Proto-Germanic *hawją
Proto-West Germanic *hawi
Old English hīeġ
Middle English hey
English hay
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
Every English word from Middle English hey-tyme
Today it means
noun The season in which hay is cut.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hey-tyme / haytime