Where does “tom” come from?
tom (Romanian) comes from French tome, from Latin tomus, from Ancient Greek τόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
tom (Romanian): volume
Definitions
- volume
Ancestry of “tom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tome | tome, volume; section; subaltern |
| 2 | Latin | tomus | a section of a larger work; a volume |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τόμος | slice, piece; piece of land; frustum |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |