thyme
English
/taɪm/
noun
Definitions
- Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as the , , a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English tyme (time) derived from Old French thym derived from Latin thymum derived from Ancient Greek θύμον (thyme) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (smoke, haze, raise dust, mist, come full circle, finish, fume, blow, dark, whisk, vapor, breath, gray, deep, camouflage).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰewh₂-
Gloss
smoke, haze, raise dust, mist, come full circle, finish, fume, blow, dark, whisk, vapor, breath, gray, deep, camouflage
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
🌋 🚬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- athymia English
- athymic English
- dysthymia English
- extrathymic English
- intrathymic English
- nonthymic English
- normothymic English
- parathymic English
- perithymic English
- prethymic English
- thymelike English
- thymene English
- thymey English
- thymic English
- thymically English
- thymine English
- time English
- Februārius Latin
- favilla Latin
- feteo Latin
- fimum Latin
- fumigo Latin
- furo Latin
- fuscus Latin
- fētēre Latin
- fūlīginōsus Latin
- fūmigātus Latin
- ob- Latin
- suffio Latin
- thymum Latin
- Tau German
- Thymian German
- dauw Dutch, Flemish
- Τυφῶν Ancient Greek
- εὖ Ancient Greek
- θεῖον Ancient Greek
- θυμελαία Ancient Greek
- θύμον Ancient Greek
- θύμος Ancient Greek
- θύος Ancient Greek
- θύω Ancient Greek
- ἀθυμία Ancient Greek
- ἐπίθυμον Ancient Greek
- *dʰegʷʰris Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰews- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰowh₂-nis Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuHnom Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂li- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂mós Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- timian Norwegian Bokmål
- *daugō Proto-Germanic
- *dawwaz Proto-Germanic
- *dawwō Proto-Germanic
- *dusnaz Proto-Germanic
- *dustą Proto-Germanic
- *dwemrą Proto-Germanic
- *dūjan- Proto-Germanic
- *dūnaz Proto-Germanic
- *dūnǭ Proto-Germanic
- timian Norwegian Nynorsk
- dēagian Old English
- tīma Old English
- धूसर Sanskrit
- deien Middle English
- time Middle English
- tyme Middle English
- tymeful Middle English
- tymely Middle English
- tymen Middle English
- dúil Irish
- thym Old French
- धूसर Hindi
- tomiño Galician
- dafn Welsh
- dùil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- timian Faroese
- thym Middle French
- *dusnos Proto-Celtic
- *dwīyūss Proto-Celtic
- *dūnom Proto-Celtic
- dyow Scots
- *dupsa Proto-Albanian
- *ən-dūja Proto-Albanian