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tamer

/ˈteɪmə/TAY-mur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈteɪmɚ/TAY-mur

Meaningone who tames

Common meaning: a person who tames animals

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dam-‘tame’source
  2. Old Englishtam‘tame, the opposite of wild’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishtamesource
  4. Englishtame‘not wild’
  5. Englishformed in English from tametamer‘a person who tames animals’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from tame + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), TAME, p.623 · scan

Source words

  • tam Old English · source word “domesticated, gentle”

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