English word team comes from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (To grasp. To hold. To touch.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*tēkaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To grasp. To hold. To touch. |
*dukn- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*teuhōną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*taugmaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*taumaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | A tie; tether; rope; cord; strap; leash; bridle. Birth; line; lineage; offspring. That which is tied or bound together; group; team. |
tēam | Old English (ang) | |
teme | Middle English (enm) | |
team | English (en) | (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 [...] |