Etymology of the English word hour
the English word
hourderived from the Old French word
horederived from the Medieval Latin word
hora (hour; time; season)
derived from the Greek word
hora, ὥρα (season, time; an 'hour')
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*yēr-derived from the Old French word
hourederived from the Medieval Latin word
hora (hour; time; season)
derived from the Greek word
hora, ὥρα (season, time; an 'hour')
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*yēr-Date
The earliest known usage of hour in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
hourglass,
noonhour,
hourlyCognates
Dutch
uur, French
heure, French
horloge, German
Uhr, Icelandic
ur, Italian
ora, Latin
hora, Spanish
hora, Swedish
urUsage
Word found in Modern English
