Where does “томик” come from?
томик (Russian) comes from Russian том, 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...
томик (Russian): volume (of a book, magazine or disk)
Definitions
- volume (of a book, magazine or disk)
Ancestry of “томик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | том | volume; prepositional masculine/neuter singular... |
| 2 | French | tome | tome, volume; section; subaltern |
| 3 | Latin | tomus | a section of a larger work; a volume |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόμος | slice, piece; piece of land; frustum |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |