earthfast
/ˈəːθfɑːst/ /ˈəːθfast/adjective
Especially of a stone: fixed in the ground.
- From the 16th to the 18th centuries chiefly Scots..
Origin
Old English. Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian erthfest, Middle Low German ērtvast, Middle Dutch ertvast (Dutch aardvast), German erdfest, Old Icelandic jarðfastr, Swedish jordfast, Old Danish, Danish jordfast from the Germanic base of earth + the Germanic base of fast.
- time sight
- time signal
- time-signaling
- time-signalling
- time signature
- time sink
- time slice
- time-slicing
- time-slip
- time slot
- timesome
- time-space
- time span
- time-spirit
- times sign
- Times Square
- times table
- timestamp
- time step
- time-stratigraphic
- time stratigraphy
- time-stretch
- time-stretching
- time study
- time suck