Where does “heptatomicité” come from?
heptatomicité (French) comes from French heptatomique, from French atomique, from French atome, from Middle French athome, from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.
heptatomicité (French): heptatomicity
Definitions
- heptatomicity
Ancestry of “heptatomicité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | heptatomique | heptatomic |
| 2 | French | atomique | atomic |
| 3 | French | atome | atom; scrap, jot, iota, whit |
| 4 | Middle French | athome | atom |
| 5 | Latin | atomus | indivisible; an atom, particle incapable of being... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |