UrsprungBorrowed from German Urzeit. Equivalent to ur- (“primeval”) + tid (“time”). Attested since 1806.
- common-genderprimeval times (of for example the Earth or humans), the oldest times
- common-gender, datedthe Precambrian
Formerurtid(indefinite, nominative, singular) · urtids(genitive, indefinite, singular) · urtiden(definite, nominative, singular) · urtidens(definite, genitive, singular) · -(indefinite, nominative, plural) · -(genitive, indefinite, plural) · -(definite, nominative, plural) · -(definite, genitive, plural)