Where does “Tamsin” come from?
Tamsin is an English diminutive of Thomasina, ultimately derived from Aramaic תאמא and תאומא, passing through Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς, Latin Thomas, and English Thomas.
Ancestry of “Tamsin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Thomasina | — |
| 2 | English | -ina | Used to form feminine nouns |
| 3 | Spanish | -ina | -ine; -in; A diminutive suffix for feminine nouns... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |