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==Origin==
==Origin==
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''tam''; akin to Old High German ''zam'' tame, [[Latin]] ''domare'' to tame, [[Greek]] ''damnanai''
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''tam''; akin to Old High German ''zam'' tame, [[Latin]] ''domare'' to tame, [[Greek]] ''damnanai''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1: reduced from a state of [[native]] [[wildness]] especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans : domesticated <tame animals>
*1: reduced from a state of [[native]] [[wildness]] especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans : domesticated <tame animals>
*3: lacking [[spirit]], zest, interest, or the capacity to [[excite]] : insipid <a tame campaign>
*3: lacking [[spirit]], zest, interest, or the capacity to [[excite]] : insipid <a tame campaign>
==Description==
==Description==
A '''tame''' [[animal]] is an animal which [[tolerates]] the presence of [[humans]]. Tameness is a degree to which an animal [[accepts]] humans. An animal may be naturally tame, as., e.g., in the case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_tameness island tameness], or became tame as a result of deliberate taming, a [[process]] during which an initial tendency to avoid humans diminished to a varying degree. The tameability of an animal is the level of [[difficulty]] of taming an animal. Tameability may vary among individual animals, breeds, or [[species]].
A '''tame''' [[animal]] is an animal which [[tolerates]] the presence of [[humans]]. Tameness is a degree to which an animal [[accepts]] humans. An animal may be naturally tame, as., e.g., in the case of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_tameness island tameness], or became tame as a result of deliberate taming, a [[process]] during which an initial tendency to avoid humans diminished to a varying degree. The tameability of an animal is the level of [[difficulty]] of taming an animal. Tameability may vary among individual animals, breeds, or [[species]].
Taming should not be confused with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication domestication]. For example [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_animal feral animals] are domestic, but not tamed.
Taming should not be confused with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication domestication]. For example [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_animal feral animals] are domestic, but not tamed.
Similarly, taming is not the same as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_training animal training], although in some contexts these terms may be used interchangeably.
Similarly, taming is not the same as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_training animal training], although in some contexts these terms may be used interchangeably.
==See also==
==See also==
*'''''[[Wild]]'''''
*'''''[[Wild]]'''''
[[Category: Zoology]]
[[Category: Zoology]]
