Other forms: teammates
A teammate is somebody who plays on the same side as you. A former teammate.
The word covers workplaces as readily as pitches, which is a recent widening. A teammate is chosen for you, which is what separates the relationship from a friendship.
1nounteammateSomebody who plays on the same side as you.
“His old teammate turned up at the funeral from Australia.”
teammate is a person.
Proto-Indo-European
*dewk-
Proto-Germanic
*taumaz — that which draws or pulls
Proto-West Germanic
*taum
Old English
tēam — child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals
Middle English
tem
English
team
English, today
teammate
Built from
From team + -mate. team comes from Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic taum, from Proto-Germanic taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic taugijaną, tugōną, teuhōną, teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), stq Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), {{cog|de|
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA