English
time frame
From time + frame.
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to divide’
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Proto-Germanic *tīmô ‘division, period; time’
Proto-West Germanic *tīmō
Old English tīma ‘time, period’
Middle English tyme
English time
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward, leading to’
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Proto-Germanic *framjaną ‘to further, promote’
Proto-West Germanic *frammjan ‘to promote’
Old English fremman ‘to profit, avail, advance’
Middle English framen ‘to construct’
English frame
Today it means
noun The period of time during which something is expected to occur, or does occur.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “time frame”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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