tame
Middle English
adj
Definitions
- (of animals) tame, domesticated
- (of plants) cultivated, domesticated
- overcome, subdued
- (of people) meek, compliant
- (anatomy) inner, interior
Etymology
Inherited from Old English tam inherited from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (tame, brought into the home).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tamaz
Gloss
tame, brought into the home
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
- Tameside English
- entame English
- handtame English
- overtame English
- tamability English
- tame English
- tameability English
- tameable English
- tameless English
- tamely English
- tameness English
- tamer English
- untame English
- untameable English
- *demh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tamaz Proto-Germanic
- handtam Old English
- tam Old English
- temian Old English
- atamen Middle English
- tamen Middle English
- tamr Old Norse
- zam Old High German
- *tam gmw-pro
- *tam Old Dutch