English
team
Team comes from Old English tēam ‘offspring; set of draught animals’, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz ‘that which draws or pulls’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, lead’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull, lead’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*teuhaną‘to lead, pull, draw’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*taumaz‘that which draws or pulls’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*taumreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tēam‘offspring; set of draught animals’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tem
- Englishearliest quotation 1601team
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewk-‘to pull, lead’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*teuhaną‘to lead, pull, draw’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*taumaz‘that which draws or pulls’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*taumreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tēam‘offspring; set of draught animals’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tem
- Englishearliest quotation 1601team
Earliest quotation: 1601, Caius Plinius Secundus [i.e., (please specify |book=I to XXXVII): “she will wonder to have a teeme of ducklings…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, lead’
education, production, product, touch, produce, reduce, conduct, introduction, duke, reduction, introduce, toy, duchess, tow, induction, tying, dolphin, educate, duct, induce, educator, tuck, tug, conn, douche, tighten, conducive, seduce, subdue, duchy, doge, herzog, taut, transducer, duc, redux, tether, cond, duce, redoubt, 124 more
through Proto-Germanic *taugijaną ‘to lead, bring, pull, draw’
Today it means
noun A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewk- / team