English: From a patronymic of the personal name Thomas, or a diminutive thereof. This name comes, via Greek Tomas, from an aramaic byname meaning twin, which is derived from a root appearing in several Semitic languages: Akkadian tu'amu, Arabic tu'am, Aramaic tyowm, Hebrew t'owm, Syriac ta'ma'.
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