Where does “tom” come from?

tom (Danish) comes from English tom, from Middle English Thomme, from Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς, from Aramaic תאומא, from Aramaic תאמא — twin, double; Gemini.

tom (Danish): empty

Definitions

  1. empty

Ancestry of “tom”, step by step

tom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtomThe male of the domesticated cat; The male of the...
2Middle EnglishThommeTom
3Middle EnglishThomas
4LatinThōmāsThomas the Apostle
5Ancient GreekΘωμᾶςThomas
6Aramaicתאומאtwin; Thomas
7Aramaicתאמאtwin, double; Gemini

via Old Norse tómr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetómrempty; vain, mere, idle
2Proto-Germanictōmazfree, clear, empty, unoccupied
3Proto-Indo-Europeandoma-to tame

Words derived from “tom

Every word from Aramaic תאמא