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Where does “tam” come from?

tam (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic tam, from Proto-Germanic tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European demh₂- — to tame, domesticate.

tam (Old English): tame

Definitions

  1. tame

Ancestry of “tam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictamtame
2Proto-Germanictamaztame
3Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate

Words derived from “tam”

  • tame
  • tamely
  • tamer
  • Tame
  • tameness
  • untamable
  • untameable
  • tameless
  • Tameside
  • tameable
  • entame
  • untamableness
  • untamably
  • tameability
  • tamelessness
  • untameably
  • untameableness
  • tamability
  • tameableness
  • tamen
  • tam
  • tame
  • atamen
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