Where does “tomrum” come from?

tomrum (Danish) comes from Danish tom, 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.

tomrum (Danish): vacuum, void

Definitions

  1. vacuum, void

Ancestry of “tomrum”, step by step

tomrum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish tom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtomempty
2EnglishtomThe male of the domesticated cat; The male of the...
3Middle EnglishThommeTom
4Middle EnglishThomas—
5LatinThōmāsThomas the Apostle
6Ancient GreekΘωμᾶςThomas
7Aramaicתאומאtwin; Thomas
8Aramaicתאמאtwin, double; Gemini

via Danish rum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishrumroom; compartment; space
2Old Norserúmroom; space
3Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
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