Etymograph

English

time vampire

From time + vampire.

A compound of time + vampire

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

German Vampir

French vampire

English vampire

Today it means

noun A person, obligation, or activity that drains one's time; a time-waster.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “time vampire”. 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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