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betimes

Meaningby

Common meaning: early or in good time

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishbe‘by’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsby → in good timebityme‘in good time’source
  3. Englishbetimes‘early or in good time’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English be ‘by’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BETIMES, p. 61 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • be Old English “by”

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