Etymology

dystomic

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Today it means: Having imperfect fracture or cleavage. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τέμνω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτέμνω“I cut”
  2. English todaydystomic

From dys- (“defective”) + -tome (“cutting, section”) + -ic (“adjectival suffix”), ultimately from Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

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