Where does “tamis” come from?

tamis (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin tamisium, from Frankish tamis, from Proto-Germanic tamusį̄ — sieve.

Ancestry of “tamis”, step by step

tamis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin tamisium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintamisium—
2Frankishtamis—
3Proto-Germanictamusį̄sieve

via Late Latin tamisium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintamisiuma kind of sieve
2Frankish*tamisu—

Words derived from “tamis”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tamusį̄ →Every word from Frankish tamis →Every word from Medieval Latin tamisium →