myEtymology.com: English etymology of meantime

Etymology of the English word meantime

the English word meantime

derived from the English word time

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *timon

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *da-

derived from the English word mean

derived from the Anglo-Norman word mean

derived from the Old French word moien

derived from the Late Latin word medianus (in the middle; in-the-middle; middle)

derived from the Latin word medius (middle; mediator; one who stands in the middle, one who comes between; middle, middle of, mid)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *medhyo-