Where does “timekeeping” come from?
Timekeeping derives from English time, which comes from Middle English time, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα, ultimately from Ancient Greek τίθημι meaning to place or set.
timekeeping (English): The measurement of time, or determining what the...
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- The measurement of time, or determining what the...
Ancestry of “timekeeping”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | keeping | conformity or harmony; charge or care;... |
| 2 | English | keep | To continue in ; not to intermit or fall from; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | kepen | to keep, guard, look after, watch |
| 4 | Old English | cēpan | to seize, hold, observe |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kōpijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kōpijaną | to look after, observe; to watch, keep, care for |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵab- | — |