tame
English
/teɪm/
adj
Definitions
- Not or no longer wild; domesticated
- (chiefly) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
- Not exciting.
- Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- (mathematics) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tame (tame) inherited from Old English tam inherited from *tam (tame) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (tame, brought into the home) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (tame, domesticate, dominate) inherited from Middle English tamen (cut into, broach) inherited from Old English temian (tame) inherited from *tammjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną (tame) root from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (tame, domesticate, dominate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*demh₂-
Gloss
tame, domesticate, dominate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tame English
- entame English
- hand English
- hand-tameness English
- handtame English
- overtame English
- tamability English
- tameability English
- tameable English
- tameableness English
- tameless English
- tamelessness English
- tamely English
- tameness English
- tamer English
- untame English
- untameable English
- untameableness English
- untameably English
- untamed English
- taamoa Finnish
- tamma Finnish
- damma Latin
- domina Latin
- domito Latin
- domitōrem Latin
- domus Latin
- domō Latin
- indomitabilis Latin
- handzahm German
- zahm German
- domo Italian
- tam Dutch, Flemish
- δάμνημι Ancient Greek
- δαμάζω Ancient Greek
- δαμάλης Ancient Greek
- δαμνάω Ancient Greek
- ἱππόδαμος Ancient Greek
- *demh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dm̥h₂-ó- Proto-Indo-European
- *domh₂nos Proto-Indo-European
- *domh₂tos Proto-Indo-European
- *domh₂éyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *tamaz Proto-Germanic
- *tamjaną Proto-Germanic
- tam Swedish
- handtam Old English
- tam Old English
- temian Old English
- दाम्यति Sanskrit
- atamen Middle English
- handtame Middle English
- tame Middle English
- tamen Middle English
- untame Middle English
- damh Irish
- damhán Irish
- tamr Old Norse
- temja Old Norse
- tamur Icelandic
- dof Welsh
- zam Old High German
- zemmen Old High German
- dam Old Irish
- damán Old Irish
- damh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dow Manx
- zam Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dem Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *tam gmw-pro
- *tammjan gmw-pro
- *tam Old Dutch
- *temmen Old Dutch
- *damos Proto-Celtic
- *damyeti Proto-Celtic
- *uɸo- Proto-Celtic
- *uɸo-damyeti Proto-Celtic
- *dā́mHyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dā́myati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- zam Alemannic German
- tamber Old Swedish
- *domaō Proto-Italic
- *dā́myati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- temmen Low German
- *dama Proto-Albanian
- zaahm Pennsylvania German
- दमणे Old Marathi