Mids Inglisure first appears in the 13t century, as a loanwird frae Auld French ure, ore, frae the Laitinhora, at the hinder end frae Greekὥρα "saison, time o day, oor". Mids Inglis ure, Anglo-French houre replaced Auld Inglistíd (that survives as Modren Inglis tide) an stund (Auld Heich German stunta, frae a Germanic *stundō "time, interval, while").
Greek ὥρα is cognate tae Inglis year, baith frae a PIE *i̯ēro- "year, simmer".