Where does “tameable” come from?
tameable (English) comes from English Tame, from Middle English tame, from Old English tam, from Proto-West Germanic tam, from Proto-Germanic tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.
tameable (English): Able to be tamed
Ancestry of “tameable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Tame | river |
| 2 | Middle English | tame | tame, domesticated; cultivated, domesticated;... |
| 3 | Old English | tam | tame |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | tam | tame |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tamaz | tame |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | demh₂- | to tame, domesticate |
Words derived from “tameable”