Team

Possibly of Brythonic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European but the exact root is unclear, with suggestions including *temH- (“dark”), *temh₁- (“to cut”), and *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”).

Team

1. A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in County Durham.

• James, Alan G. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Guide to the Elements" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society - The Brittonic Language in the Old North.

• AEMT, ATEM, Atem, META, Meta, Tame, Tema, mate, maté, meat, meta, meta-, tame

Ca. 1900, from English team. Doublet of Zaum.

• IPA^(key): /tiːm/

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Team n (strong, genitive Teams, plural Teams)

1. (sports) team

   Synonyms: Mannschaft, Truppe

   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 5/2010, page 101:

     Ein 20-köpfiges Team von Top-Bergsteigern aus Nepal will sich Ende April auf den Weg in die Gipfelregion des Mount Everest machen […]

     A team of 20 top mountain climbers from Nepal wants to head to the summit region of Mount Everest at the end of April, […]

2. (work) team
   1. group of people working together for a particular project

      Synonym: Arbeitsgruppe

   2. staff, personnel

      Synonyms: Personal, Belegschaft

• teamfähig
• Teamgeist

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• “Team” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache