English
timepass
Compound of time (noun) + pass (verb).
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
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread, stretch out’
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Latin passus ‘a step’
Vulgar Latin *passō ‘to step, walk, pass’
Old French passer ‘to step, walk, pass’
Middle English passen ‘to pass’
English pass
Today it means
noun Aimless or unproductive activity; killing time.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / timepass