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Where does “Thames” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Thames”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtemsea sieve
2Old EnglishTemes—
3LatinTamesis—
4Proto-Brythonic*Tamesis—

Words derived from “Thames”

  • Thames
  • Thameside
  • Thamesian
  • Tamesis
  • Támesis
  • Τάμεσης
  • Temese
  • Temese
  • Temes
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