Where does “atom” come from?
atom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Ancient Greek ἄτομος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
atom (Norwegian Bokmål): an atom
Ancestry of “atom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “atom”