English Explanatory Dictionary

tamis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
  2. The cloth itself; a tammy.

Word forms

tamis tamises tammie tammy

Etymology

Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin. 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”). Doublet of temse.

Related words

tammy
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