Where does “Thames” come from?

Thames comes from Old English Temes, from Latin Tamesis, of unknown ultimate origin.

Thames (English): to the Thames Estuary and North Sea

Definitions

  1. to the Thames Estuary and North Sea

Ancestry of “Thames”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtemsea sieve
2Old EnglishTemesthe River Thames
3LatinTamesisthe Thames a river in Britain that runs through London
4Proto-Brythonic*Tamesis

Words derived from “Thames

Every word from Proto-Brythonic *TamesisEvery word from Latin TamesisEvery word from Old English Temes