Etymology

superatom

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Today it means: A metamaterial, a cluster of atoms which acts like a single atom. It seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms. Full definition →

English atom ← Middle English attome ← Middle French athome
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*né
  8. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  10. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  12. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  13. Ancient Greek*τομός (*tomós)
  14. Ancient Greekἄτομος (átomos)
  15. Latinatomu
  16. Middle Frenchathome
  17. Middle Englishattome
  18. Englishatom
  19. English todaysuperatom

From super- + atom.

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