Etymology

toom

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Today it means: Empty; bare. Full definition →

Middle English toom ← Old English tōm ← Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī)
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toom · adjective, noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*doma-“to tame”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*tōm(ij)az“free, available, empty”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*tōm(ī)
  4. Old English · inherited fromtōm“empty”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromtoom
  6. English todaytoom

From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

toom · noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tōmą“vacant time, leisure”
  2. Old Norse · derived fromtóm“vacant time, leisure”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtoom
  4. English todaytoom

From Middle English toom, tome, tom, from Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmą (“vacant time, leisure”). Related to Old Norse tómr (“vacant, empty”).

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