Where does “teammate” come from?
Teammate comes from English team, from Middle English teme, from Old English tēam, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-, meaning to place or put.
teammate (English): One who is on the same team
Definitions
- One who is on the same team
Ancestry of “teammate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -mate | Used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared" |
| 2 | English | maté | An evergreen tree, Ilex paraquariensis, native to... |
| 3 | Middle English | mate | mate companion, comrade |
| 4 | Middle Low German | māte | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | gimato | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gamatjô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |