Etymology

-oma

-o·ma

Today it means: Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity. Full definition →

Ancient Greek -ωμα ← Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-mn̥
  2. Ancient Greek · derived from-ωμα
  3. English today-oma

From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), from verbs in -όω (-óō) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel.

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