English Explanatory Dictionary

-tome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. An instrument for cutting.
suffix
  1. A section or segment.

Word forms

-tome

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -τομον (-tomon, “that cuts”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Related words

-tomy
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