Where does “pastime” come from?
Pastime derives from Middle English passe tyme, a compound of passe and tyme meaning to pass time as a leisure activity or diversion.
pastime (English): Something which amuses, and serves to make time...
Definitions
- Something which amuses, and serves to make time...
Ancestry of “pastime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | passe tyme | a way of occupying oneself or passing the time; a... |
| 2 | Middle French | passetemps | pastime; hobby |
| 3 | Middle French | temps | time |
| 4 | Old French | temps | weather |
| 5 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |