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Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English þūma, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.
As shown by their early attestation, spellings with final -b- are not mere hypercorrect forms, but rather represent pronunciations with /b/; such pronunciations presumably originated in a plural *thomben (from Old English þūman). Such a plural form is also presumably the origin of variants with a short vowel.
- tombe, þom, þomb, þombe, þome, þoombe, þoumb, þoumbe, þoume, þowmbe, þumb, þumbe, þume
- tumb (Northern)
- þhomme (West Midland)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθumb(ə)/, /ˈθuːmb(ə)/, /ˈθum(ə)/, /ˈθuːm(ə)/
Noun
thombe (plural thombes)
- thumb (opposable digit)
- thumb-length (unit of length)
- (rare) big toe
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Etymology 2
Noun
thombe (plural thombes)
- Alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)