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1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰeh₁-“to put, place, do”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromθέμα
3. Latin · derived fromthema
4. Old French · derived fromteme
5. Middle English · derived fromteme
6. English todaytheme

From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.

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