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Where does “tōm” come from?

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

tōm (Old English): empty

Definitions

  1. empty

Ancestry of “tōm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictōmazfree, clear, empty, unoccupied
2Proto-Indo-Europeandoma-to tame

Words derived from “tōm”

  • tame
  • tamely
  • tamer
  • tameness
  • untamable
  • untameable
  • tameless
  • toom
  • tameable
  • entame
  • untamableness
  • untamably
  • tameability
  • tamelessness
  • untameably
  • untameableness
  • tamability
  • tameableness
  • toom
  • tome
  • tom
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