untime

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The absence of time; timelessness.
2. (countable, obsolete, often, uncountable) A wrong time; an unsuitable or improper time.

Verb

To cause to be done at the wrong time.

Adj

Untimely.

Sinonieme

ill-timed

premature

intempestive

Vertalings

prematur

verfrüht

voreilig

vorzeitig

vorschnell

prématuré

intempestivo

precoce

prematuro

immaturus

voortijdig

intempestivo

vakitsiz

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: untime

Geërf van Old English: untīma

Verwante met Old Norse: útími

Verwante met Noors: otime

In summary

From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime).