Where does “timescale” come from?
Timescale derives from English time and Middle English scale, from Latin scala meaning ladder, from Latin scandere meaning to climb, from Ancient Greek τίθημι meaning to place or set.
timescale (English): Alternative spelling of time scale
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of time scale
Ancestry of “timescale”, step by step
timescale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 French | thym | — |
| 4 | Latin | thymum | thyme; accusative singular of thymus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θύμον | thyme |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | θύω | I offer in sacrifice, slay, burn, immolate; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |