tome

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτόμος“section, roll of papyrus, volume”
2. Latin · derived fromtomus“section of larger work”
3. Middle French · borrowed fromtome
4. English todaytome

From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”).

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