Where does “timestamp” come from?
Timestamp derives from English time plus stamp, where time comes from Middle English time, Old French thym, Latin thema, and Ancient Greek θέμα, ultimately from the root τίθημι meaning to place or put.
timestamp (English): A variable containing the date and time at which...
Definitions
- A variable containing the date and time at which...
Ancestry of “timestamp”, step by step
timestamp 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 |