Where does “töm” come from?
töm (Swedish) comes from English tom, from Middle English Thomme, from Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς, from Aramaic תאומא, from Aramaic תאמא — twin, double; Gemini.
töm (Swedish): a rein
Definitions
- a rein
Ancestry of “töm”, step by step
töm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English tom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tom | The male of the domesticated cat; The male of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | Thomme | Tom |
| 3 | Middle English | Thomas | — |
| 4 | Latin | Thōmās | Thomas the Apostle |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Θωμᾶς | Thomas |
| 6 | Aramaic | תאומא | twin; Thomas |
| 7 | Aramaic | תאמא | twin, double; Gemini |
via French tome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tome | tome, volume; section; subaltern |
| 2 | Latin | tomus | a section of a larger work; a volume |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τόμος | slice, piece; piece of land; frustum |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |