tamis

Several metal tamises

Meaning

Noun

  • A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth
  • The cloth itself; tammy.

Origin

  • Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamis, *tamusi, from Proto-Germanic *tamusį̄. Cognate with Old High German zemis (dialectal German Zims), Dutch teems, West Frisian teams, tiems, German Low German Teemse, Teems, Old English temes, Old English temesian. temse.

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