Where does “tomus” come from?

tomus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek τόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

tomus (Latin): a section of a larger work; a volume

Definitions

  1. a section of a larger work; a volume

Ancestry of “tomus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτόμοςslice, piece; piece of land; frustum
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “tomus”

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