Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

timescale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
timescale
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English timescale From time + scale.

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

Phrases

long-timescale short-timescale

Questions

What does timescale mean?
Alternative spelling of time scale.
Where does timescale come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English timescale From time + scale.

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