Where does “Tom” come from?

Tom comes from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, which is traceable to Proto-Nahuan tomatl, with the meaning and origin of the English shortening itself uncertain.

Tom (English): The male of the domesticated cat; The male of the...

Definitions

  1. The male of the domesticated cat; The male of the...

Ancestry of “Tom”, step by step

Tom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English Thomme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishThommeTom
2Middle EnglishThomas
3LatinThōmāsThomas the Apostle
4Ancient GreekΘωμᾶςThomas
5Aramaicתאומאtwin; Thomas
6Aramaicתאמאtwin, double; Gemini

via English tomato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtomatoA widely cultivated plant, "Solanum...
2Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
3Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
4Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

Words derived from “Tom

Every word from Aramaic תאמא
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