Etymograph

English

truechimer

Compound of true + chimer.

A compound of true + chimer

Proto-Indo-European *drewH- ‘firm’

Proto-Germanic *triwwiz ‘faithful’

Old English trēowe ‘faithful’

Middle English treowe

English true

The story

Coined by American academic computer engineer David L.

Today it means

noun A timeserver that transmits an accurate time via the Network Time Protocol.

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

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