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781 Etymology dictionary, p. indomitable (adj.).2
… "to tame" (see tame (adj.)). In reference to persons or personal qualities, "unyielding, persistent, resolute," by 1830. Related: Indomitably .
782 Etymology dictionary, p. *lē-.4
… , tranquil, tame, slow," leisti "to let, to let loose;" Old Church Slavonic lena "lazy," Old English læt "sluggish, slow," lætan "to leave behind."
783 Etymology dictionary, p. mansuetude (n.).2
"tameness, gentleness, mildness," late 14c., from Latin mansuetudo "tameness, mildness, gentleness," noun of state from past-participle stem of mansuescere "to …
784 Etymology dictionary, p. mastiff (n.).2
… "domesticated, tame," from Latin mansuetus "tame, gentle" (see mansuetude ). The etymological sense, then, would be a dog that stays in the house, thus a guard-dog or …
785 Etymology dictionary, p. mitigate (v.).2
… , mellow, tame," figuratively, "make mild or gentle, pacify, soothe," ultimately from mitis "gentle, soft" + root of agere "to do, perform" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out …
786 Etymology dictionary, p. mustang (n.).3
… from tame horses brought to the Americas by the Spaniards. The brand of automobile was introduced by Ford in 1962.
787 Etymology dictionary, p. perch (n.1).2
… or tame bird to rest on" is attested from late 14c.; this led to the general sense of "any thing that any bird alights or rests on" (late 15c.). Figurative sense of "an …
788 Etymology dictionary, p. pet (n.1).2
… or tamed animal kept as a favorite," 1530s, originally in Scottish and northern England dialect (and exclusively so until mid-18c.), a word of unknown origin. Sense …
789 Etymology dictionary, p. pork (n.).2
c. 1300 (early 13c. in surname Porkuiller ), "flesh of a pig as food," from Old French porc "pig, swine, boar," and directly from Latin porcus "pig, tame swine," from PIE root *porko- "young pig." Also in Middle English "a swine, a hog" (c. 1400).
790 Etymology dictionary, p. *porko-.4
… "pig, tame swine," Umbrian purka; Old Church Slavonic prase "young pig;" Lithuanian paršas "pig;" Middle Dutch varken, German Ferkel, Old English fearh "pig, small pig …
791 Etymology dictionary, p. reclaim (v.).3
… "make tame" (mid-15c.), "subdue, reduce to obedience, make amenable to control" (late 14c.). Many Middle English senses lack an apparent notion of return or reciprocation …
792 Etymology dictionary, p. reclaim (v.).4
… of taming wild animals) rather than a suggestion of a return to a previous condition. Related: Reclaimed; reclaiming .
793 Etymology dictionary, p. tame (adj.).1
tame (adj.)
794 Etymology dictionary, p. tame (adj.).3
This is reconstructed to be from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (source also of Old Norse tamr, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tam, Old High German zam, German zahm "tame").
795 Etymology dictionary, p. tame (adj.).4
… damayati "tames;" Persian dam "a tame animal;" Greek daman "to tame, subdue," dametos "tame;" Latin domare "to tame, subdue;" Old Irish damnaim "I tie up, fasten, I tame, subdue …
796 Etymology dictionary, p. tame (adj.).5
The meaning "spiritless, weak, dull, uninspiring, insipid" is recorded from c. 1600. Related: Tamely; tameless; tameness. As a noun by c. 1300, "tame beasts."
797 Etymology dictionary, p. tame (v.).1
tame (v.)
798 Etymology dictionary, p. tame (v.).2
… ," from tame (adj.), or altered by the form of the adjective from Old English temian "subdue, make tame," from Proto-Germanic *tamjan- (source also of Old Norse temja, Old …
799 Etymology dictionary, p. tame (v.).3
The general sense of "bring into subjection, subdue or restrain" is from late 14c.; as "deprive of courage or spirit" by 1520s. Related: Tamed; taming .
800 Etymology dictionary, p. tamer (n.).2
"one who or that which domesticates or brings into subjection," c. 1400, agent noun from tame (v.).