-tome
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Part; area; segment:
一部分；一区域；片，节：
dermatome.
生皮节 - Cutting instrument:
切割的工具：
microtome.
小手术刀
语源
- New Latin -tomus
现代拉丁语 -tomus - from Greek -tomos [a cutting]
源自 希腊语 -tomos [切割] - from tomos * see tome
源自 tomos *参见 tome
-tome
combining form in countable noun
indicating an instrument for cutting
⇒
osteotome
Origin
from Greek tomē a cutting, tomos a slice, from temnein to cut-tome
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meanings “cutting instrument” (microtome; osteotome), “segment, somite” (sclerotome), used in the formation of compound words.
Compare tomo-, -tomous, -tomy.
Origin
combining form representing Greek tomḗ a cutting; tómos a cut, slice; -tomon (neuter), -tomos (masculine) -cutting (adj.)
Related Words
- -tomy
- -tomous
- costotome
- cyclotome
- dermatome
- diatom
-tomea word element referring to cutting, used especially in scientific terms, as microtome, osteotome.
[combining form representing Greek tomē a cutting, section; ◆ tomos a cut, slice; ◆ -tomos cutting]-tome
noun combining form
myotome
2. cutting instrument
microtome
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY Greek tomos
1. part : segmentmyotome
2. cutting instrument
microtome
-tome
combining form
1.
- denoting an instrument for cutting表示“刀”：
-
microtome.
2.
- denoting a section or segment表示“片”, “节”：
-
myotome.
词源
sense 1 from Greek -tomon （neuter） 'that cuts'; sense 2 from Greek tomē 'a cutting'， both from temnein 'to cut'.
ORIGIN: In sense 1 Greek -tomon neut. of -tomos that cuts: see -tomy 2 Greek tomē a cutting.
-tome
\ˌtōm\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin -tomus, from -tomus cutting, cut, segmented, from Greek -tomos, from temnein to cut
1. : part : section
< angiotome >
< gonotome >
2. : cutting instrument
< microtome >
< pharyngotome >
1.
< angiotome >
< gonotome >
2.
< microtome >
< pharyngotome >
-tome 1
Suffix
- An instrument for cutting.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -τομον (-tomon, “that cuts”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)
-tome 2
Suffix
- A section or segment.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τομή (tomḗ, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -tome