Etymograph

English

timebound

From time + bound.

A compound of time + bound

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 Attached to a certain moment or era in time.

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

Etymograph / timebound