Where does “old-timeyness” come from?
old-timeyness (English) comes from English old-timey, from English old-time, from English Time, from Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον, from Ancient Greek θύω — smoke; mist, haze.
old-timeyness (English): The quality of being old-timey
Definitions
- The quality of being old-timey
Ancestry of “old-timeyness”, step by step
old-timeyness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English old-timey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | old-timey | Reminiscent or representative of an older time |
| 2 | English | old-time | From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era;... |
| 3 | English | Time | The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events |
| 4 | Middle English | tyme | thyme; time; A specific duration or period of... |
| 5 | Old French | thym | — |
| 6 | Latin | thymum | thyme; accusative singular of thymus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | θύμον | thyme |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | θύω | I offer in sacrifice, slay, burn, immolate; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |