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English word team comes from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (To grasp. To hold. To touch.)
*tēkaną (Proto-Germanic)
To grasp. To hold. To touch.
*dukn- (Proto-Indo-European)
*teuhōną (Proto-Germanic)
*taugmaz (Proto-Germanic)
*taumaz (Proto-Germanic)
A tie; tether; rope; cord; strap; leash; bridle. Birth; line; lineage; offspring. That which is tied or bound together; group; team.
tēam (Old English)
teme (Middle English)
team (English)
(intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.. (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.. (transitive) To convey or haul with a team. (UK, legal, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and [...]