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tammy

Today it means: A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc. Full definition →

French tamise

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tammy · noun¹

French · derived fromtamise
English todaytammy

Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).

tammy · noun, verb²

French · borrowed fromtamis
English todaytammy

From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

tammy · noun³

Ellipsis of tammy shanter.

Tammy · proper noun⁴

A diminutive of Tamsin and Tamara, later also used for new names beginning with Tam such as Tamika and Tamiya.

Words from the same roots

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