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Where does “atomicity” come from?

Atomicity derives from English atomic plus the Latin suffix -itas, which derives from Ancient Greek ἀ- and Proto-Indo-European -kos, tracing back through Ancient Greek ἀ- to Proto-Indo-European sem-.

atomicity (English): The quality or state of being atomic; The number...

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being atomic; The number...

Ancestry of “atomicity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishatomicOf or relating to atoms; composed of atoms;...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “atomicity”

  • nonatomicity
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