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