Where does “toom” come from?

toom (English) comes from Middle English toom, from Old English tōm, from Proto-Germanic tōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European doma- — to tame.

toom (English): Empty; bare; A piece of waste ground where...

Definitions

  1. Empty; bare; A piece of waste ground where...

Ancestry of “toom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtoom—
2Old Englishtōmempty
3Proto-Germanictōmazfree, clear, empty, unoccupied
4Proto-Indo-Europeandoma-to tame

Words derived from “toom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European doma- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tōmaz →Every word from Old English tōm →