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Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ǣþm (“breath, breathing”), from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén-. Cognate with Dutch adem (“breath”), German Atem (“breath”).
Pronunciation
Noun
athem
- (very rare) Breath.
approx. 1225, Homily In Diebus Dominicis in Lambeth:
References
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
Noun
āthem m
- Alternative form of āthum
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN