attome

Middle English

Alternative forms

athomus

Etymology

From Middle French athome, from Latin atomus (“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”).

Noun

attome

atom (fifteen ninety-fourths of a second)

Derived terms

thome

Descendants

English: atom
Scots: atom

References

“attō̆me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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