Meaning
Under human control.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English tame, tome, weak inflection forms of Middle English tam, tom, from Old English tam, tom (“domesticated, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tam (“tame”), from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (“brought into the home, tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, dominate”). Cognate with Scots tam, tame (“tame”), Saterland Frisian tom (“tame”), West Frisian tam (“tame”), Dutch tam (“tame”), Low German Low German tamm, tahm (“tame”), German zahm (“tame”), Danish tam (“tame”), Swedish tam (“tame”), Icelandic tamur (“tame”). The verb is from Middle English tamen, temen, temien, from Old English temian (“to tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną (“to tame”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 19 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-06-24TACEMNP
- 2026-05-09TAEGHIM
- 2026-04-15AETNMPV
- 2026-03-20MACDEHT
- 2026-02-19MACEHIT
- 2026-01-08ADYTIEM
- 2025-10-26MAEINTY
- 2025-09-24MAUTLEC
- 2025-08-06TAMEBJN
- 2025-05-29MTAPECI
- 2025-04-24MATEBGY
- 2025-03-11TNAKMEB
+7 earlier appearances in the archive.