Where does “boomtime” come from?
boomtime (English) comes from English Boom, from Dutch Boom, from Dutch bodem, from Middle Dutch bodem, from Old Dutch *bodom, from Old English botm, from Proto-Germanic butmaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
boomtime (English): A period of fast economic growth
Definitions
- A period of fast economic growth
Ancestry of “boomtime”, step by step
boomtime traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Boom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Boom | A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp |
| 2 | Dutch | Boom | a Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp |
| 3 | Dutch | bodem | bottom; soil, ground; earth surface |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bodem | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | *bodom | — |
| 6 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English Time
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Time | The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events |
| 2 | Middle English | tyme | thyme; time; A specific duration or period of... |
| 3 | Old English | tīma | time, period, space of time, season, lifetime,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīmô | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tī- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dī- | time |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂-i- | to divide, cut |