democritus
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∙ 14y agoThe Greeks, from the word atomon, meaning "uncuttable, indivisible."
Democritus got the word atom from his mentor Leucippus. The word atom is Greek for indivisible. He said that all matter was made up of these atoms which were indivisible and indestructible.
Cells are the building block of your body (in a nut shell) and also in a nutshell, atoms are the building blocks of cells and everything else. atom is the most basic unit of matter and comes from the greek word atomos meanimg cannot be divided. democritus, a greek philosopher, first thought of the idea of an atom. sorry, that wasn't in a nutshell.
The Greek philosopher Democritus is credited with inventing the word atom. The work part 'tom' means to 'cut' and can be found in words like tomohawk and appendectomy. The prefix 'a' means 'cannot', or generally 'the opposite of', and appears in words like asymetric and atypical. 'A-tom' means cannot be cut, and Democritus created this word to describe an ultimate component of matter which could not be further divided.
atom
The Greek philosopher that named the atom was Democritus. In Greek, the word atomos means indivisible. Democritus was born in Abdera, Greece in 460 BC.
A Greek philosopher named Democritus of Abdera coined the word atom in about 420 B.C.
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The Greeks, from the word atomon, meaning "uncuttable, indivisible."
the greek word for philosophy is "love of wisdom"
Philosopher
Democritus got the word atom from his mentor Leucippus. The word atom is Greek for indivisible. He said that all matter was made up of these atoms which were indivisible and indestructible.
Hisname was Democritus, and he came up with the word "atom," which is Greek for indivisible.
Greek
yes. the word Philosopher does indeed mean "lover of wisdom." The word originated from Greek.
άτομο (atomo, atom)
indivisible :D