toom

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Empty; bare.

Noun

A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.

Verb

To empty; teem.

Noun

Vacant time, leisure.

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: toom

Overgenomen van Oudengels: tōm

Verwant aan Deens: -

Verwant aan Zweeds: -

Verwant aan IJslands: tómur

Verwant aan Oudnoors: tómr

In summary

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”).