English
tame
Tame comes from Middle English tame.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tame
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1685tame
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tame
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1685tame
Earliest quotation: a. 1685, Wentworth Dillon: “tame slaves of the laborious plough”.
Every English word from Middle English tame
Today it means
adj Under human control.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English tame / tame