The noun is κόψιμο or τομή. (kopsimo, tomi). You can find the root tomi in atom (a-tom : non-cuttable).
To cut open in Greek is cise, like in circumcision
The punctuation mark that derived its name from the Greek word meaning "something cut off" is the ellipsis. The term "ellipsis" comes from the Greek word "elleipsis," which means "omission" or "leaving out."
An atom. (Greek: a'tomos means 'can not be cut')
Atomos. or, as we use in english, the atom.
The prefix sect means 'cut'. It comes from a Greek and Latin root word.
Atom is a Greek word. It is a composite from the prefix a- (meaning no) and tome (meaning a cut), because Ancient Greeks believed that the atom was the smallest particle of matter, the one that couldn't be cut any further (they hadn't discovered sub atomic particles back then). In ancient Greek it was written άτομον (pronouned at-oh-monn). In modern Greek it's the same, just without the final -n.
The phylum Insecta means "cut into" in Greek, referring to the distinct body segments of insects. The name reflects the segmented body structure characteristic of insects.
The word kalos is Greek for beautiful.AnswerKalos means beautiful in Greek. Kalos means good
tomos in greek means cutting. Atom means indivisible. Anything that is atomic is indivisible, it cannot be cut or reduced any further.
FalseComes from the Greek άτομο [atomo] : α-(prefix = u- un-) + τομή/τέμνω (=cut).So it means "unable to be divided", undivided, un-divide-able
Actually it comes from a word which means NOT to be able separate. It comes from α- (which is used to show that the word is negative) and τομή [tomi] which means to cut/seperate.
Kronos (Cronus) is one of the few names from Greek mythology that does NOT have a Greek etymology, which means it's older than Greek. Many philologists think that the name comes from Indo-European sources meaning "to cut", a reference to the sickle he used to castrate his father, Ouranos.