tamisium

== Latin == === Etymology === The Medieval Latin term might be a borrowing from Old French tamis, or a continuation of earlier Latin. Further origin either from Gaulish or from Proto-West Germanic *tamisu (more at temse), which is in any case a cognate; also compare Ancient Greek τάμῐσος (támĭsos). === Noun === tamisium n (genitive tamisiī or tamisī); second declension (Medieval Latin) a kind of sieve ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: tamís → Old French: tamis Middle French: tamis French: tamis → English: tamis → Spanish: tamiz Italian: tamiso, tamigio, tamisio Occitan: tamis Venetan: tamizo === Further reading === "tamisium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)