tamis
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamis, *tamusi, from Proto-Germanic *tamusį̄ (“sieve; strainer; sile”). Cognate with Old High German zemis (dialectal German Zims), Dutch teems (“sieve”), West Frisian teams, tiems, German Low German Teemse, Teems, Old English temes, Old English temesian (“to sieve; sift”). More at temse.
Pronunciation
Noun
tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)
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French
Etymology
From Late Latin tamisium, itself from Gaulish tamesium. Compare regional Italian tamiso.
Pronunciation
Noun
tamis m (plural tamis)
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Further reading
- “tamis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Tagalog
Noun
tamís
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