athem

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • eathem

Etymology

From ethem (“breath, vapor, puff, blast”), from Old English ǣþm (“breath, breathing”), from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén-. Cognate with Dutch adem (“breath”), German Atem (“breath”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑːθ(ə)m/

Noun

athem

  1. (extremely rare) Breath. [8th–13th c.]
    Hir (their) eathem shone as doth light among thonner (darkness).
    (approx. 1225, Homily In Diebus Dominicis in Lambeth)

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