Replaced Old English tid, literally "time" (see tide (n.)) and stund "period of time, point of time, hour," from Proto-Germanic *stundo (compare German Stunde "hour"), which is of uncertain origin. The h- has persisted in this word despite not being pronounced since Roman times. Meaning "time of a particular happening the time for a given activity" (as in hour of death) is mid-14c. distinction sometimes was made in English between temporary (unequal) hours and sidereal (equal) ones. In the Middle Ages the planets were held to rule over the unequal hours. Meaning "one of the 24 equal parts of a natural solar day (time from one sunrise to the next), equal hour definite time of day or night reckoned in equal hours," and that of "one of the 12 equal parts of an artificial day (sunrise to sunset) or night, varying in duration according to the season definite time of day or night reckoned in unequal hours" are from late 14c. 1300, "time of day appointed for prayer, one of the seven canonical hours," from Old French ore, hore "canonical hour one-twelfth of a day" (sunrise to sunset), from Latin hora "an hour " poetically "time of year, season," from Greek hōra a word used to indicate any limited time within a year, month, or day (from PIE *yor-a-, from root *yer- "year, season " see year).Ĭhurch sense is oldest in English. 1200, "divine office prescribed for each of the seven canonical hours the daily service at the canonical hours " c.
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