English
timeous
Timeous comes from Middle English tymous.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tymous
- Englishearliest quotation 1831timeous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tymous
- Englishearliest quotation 1831timeous
Earliest quotation: 1831, The Radical Reformer's Currycomb; Or, Scrub for Scrub: “We sincerely hope, however, that a timeous and speedy…”
Equivalent to time + -ous
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 tymous
Today it means
adj In sufficient time; timely; in (its) proper time or season.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English tymous / timeous