-tomous
Meanings
suffix
- Describes the cleavage of minerals.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin -tomus, introduced by James Dwight Dana, from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “slice, something cut”). Perhaps modelled on Ancient Greek ἀκρότομος (akrótomos, “cut off sharply”, adjective).
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