English Explanatory Dictionary

eam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Uncle.
noun
  1. Initialism of external auditory meatus.
name
  1. Acronym of External Affairs Minister.
  2. Initialism of Ethnikó Apeleftherotikó Métopo, the Greek National Liberation Front.

Pronunciation

/ˈiːm/

Word forms

eam eams eame eme

Etymology

From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle”), Dutch oom (“uncle”), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle”), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”). See uncle. Doublet of oom and ohm.

Related words

neam
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