Etymology

superatomic

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Today it means: Describing a Boolean algebra in which each subalgebra is atomic. Full definition →

English atomic ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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superatomic · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishatomic
  8. English todaysuperatomic

From super- + atomic.

superatomic · adjective2

  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. Englishsuperatom
  20. English todaysuperatomic

From superatom + -ic.

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