English
timestepping
From time + stepping.
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-Germanic *stappōną ‘to walk’
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Proto-West Germanic *stappjan ‘to step, to tread’
Old English stæppan ‘to step’
Middle English steppen ‘to step’
Middle English steppynge
English stepping
Today it means
noun A stepwise temporal analysis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / timestepping