Thyme is a tiny-leaved herb used in slow-cooked dishes. A sprig of thyme, fresh thyme, thyme and bay.
It holds its flavour through long cooking, which is what separates it from the soft herbs that must go in at the end. The sprig goes in whole and comes out bare, since the leaves fall off as it cooks. The h is silent: it is said like time.
1nounthymeA tiny-leaved herb used in slow-cooked dishes.
“She rubbed the lamb with garlic and fresh thyme before putting it in the oven.”
thyme is a herb.
Greek thymon names the plant, possibly from a word meaning to burn as incense.
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰewh₂-
Ancient Greek
θύμον
Latin
thymum
Old French
thym
Middle English
tyme
English, today
thyme
From Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον. Displaced native Old English boþen.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA