-tum
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German -tuom, from Old High German -tuom, from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz (“-dom”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos (“thing put”). Cognate with English -dom, Dutch -dom, Swedish -dom.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tum n or m (strong, genitive -tums or (less common) -tumes, plural -tümer)
- A suffix used to derive abstract nouns: -dom
Declension
Declension of -tum [neuter // masculine, strong]
See also
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “-tum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Latin
Etymology 1
From -tus (forming adjectives).
Suffix
- inflection of -tus:
Etymology 2
Most likely a nominalization of the neuter of -tus (adjective-forming suffix).
Alternative forms
Suffix
-tum n (genitive -tī); second declension
- (applied to noun stems)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From -tus (forming nouns of action).
Suffix
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