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tom

Pronunciation: /toːm/

“tom” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. empty
  2. free from

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“empty”). Akin to Old Norse tómr (“empty”), whence Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

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