Etymology

tomos

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Today it means: An ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which communicates or announces important information. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τόμος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτόμος“section, roll of papyrus, volume”
  2. English todaytomos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”). Doublet of tome.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτόμος all →

tometomo--tomous

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