Where does “timetable” come from?
Timetable derives from English time and table, with table coming from Middle English tabil, Old French table, Latin tabula meaning "board" or "flat surface," ultimately from Ancient Greek θέμα and τίθημι meaning "to place" or "to put."
timetable (English): a tabular schedule of events with the times at...
Definitions
- a tabular schedule of events with the times at...
Ancestry of “timetable”, step by step
timetable 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 |