tame
Definition
General English
- adjective a tame animal can live with people because it is no longer wild
Origin & History of “tame”
Tame evolved from a prehistoric Germanic *tamaz, which also produced German zahm and Dutch tam. this in turn was descended from the Indo-European base *dom-, which also lay behind Latin domāre ‘tame, subdue’ (source of English daunt (13th c.) and indomitable (17th c.)) and Greek damā́n ‘tame, subdue’ (source of English adamant and diamond).
