hour

Words with a similar base: hour

'hour'

[hour.n.01] as in: a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

Examples:
the job will take more than an hour

'hour'

[hour.n.02] as in: clock time

Examples:
the hour is getting late

'hour'

[hour.n.03] as in: a special and memorable period

Examples:
it was their finest hour

'hour'

[hour.n.04] as in: distance measured by the time taken to cover it

Examples:
we live an hour from the airport
its just 10 minutes away

Origins

					hour (English)
└── houre (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── houre (Anglo-Norman)
        └── houre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── hora (Latin)
                └── ὥρα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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