Time

Morpheme

Time

Type

free base

Denotation

period, duration, indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole

Etymology

Middle English tyme, time; Old English tīma

Evidence

airtime, bedtime, blocktime, breaktime, daytime, mealtime, meantime, mistime, nighttime, overtime, playtime, retime, sometimes, summertime, time, timed, timekeeper, timely, timer, times, timing, untimed, wintertime

See Also

Tide

Homographs

Time