Where does “tam” come from?

tam (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tão, from Old Portuguese tan, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tam (Portuguese): Obsolete spelling of tão

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of tão

Ancestry of “tam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetãoso; as … as; Eye dialect spelling of estão
2Old Portuguesetanas; so; so
3Latintamso, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
4Proto-Indo-Europeantéh₂m—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tam”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m →