## Meanings
1. The main subject or idea of a book, film, talk, or piece of art.
2. A short tune that is repeated in a piece of music or is linked to a film or show.
3. To design something around a particular subject or idea.

## Examples
- Love and loss are the main themes of the novel.
- Everyone recognized the theme from the famous movie.
- We themed the birthday party around superheroes.

## Related Forms
- thema
- thematic
- thematisation
- thematise

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeh₁-
- Root: teme
- Root: thema
- Root: θέμα

## Etymology
From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.

## AI Etymology
Theme is from Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema. In present-day use, it can mean the main subject or idea of a book, film, talk, or piece of art, or a short tune that is repeated in a piece of music or is linked to a film or show.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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