Where does “hourglass” come from?
Hourglass comes from English hour, from Middle English oure, from Latin hora meaning season or time of day, from Proto-Indo-European kāro-.
hourglass (English): A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a...
Definitions
- A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a...
Ancestry of “hourglass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hour | A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth... |
| 2 | Middle English | houre | hour; A time, occasion, or moment; A canonical... |
| 3 | Old French | houre | hour; time; moment to do something |
| 4 | Latin | hōra | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὥρα | any defined period of time; season; climate |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *worā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
Words derived from “hourglass”