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a greek term...that means uncuttable

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The word "atom" comes from the two Greek affixes, a-tom; "a" is the privative affix meaning deprivation; "tom" comes from the Greek "temno" (τέμνω) meaning "slit", "slash", "cut". Therefore, atom means the "non-slit" (further).

Another example for the affix "tom" is the Greek word "tomos" (τόμος) which also comes from the aforementioned affix "tom" and means "volume" (of a book) exactly because the volume of a book is slit in its pages.

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Η λέξη προέρχεται από τα δύο Ελληνικά προσφύματα, α-τομο· "α" είναι το στερητικό πρόσφυμα που σημαίνει στέρηση· "τομο" προέρχεται από το Ελληνικό "τέμνω" που σημαίνει "σχίζω", "κόβω", "διαιρώ". Επομένως, άτομο σημαίνει το "μη-τεμνόμενο" (άλλο, περισσότερο).

Ένα άλλο παράδειγμα για το πρόσφυμα "τομο" είναι η Ελληνική λέξη "τόμος" που επίσης προέρχεται από το προαναφερθέν πρόσφυμα "τομο" και σημαίνει "τόμος" (βιβλίου) ακριβώς επειδή ο τόμος ενός βιβλίου έχει στις σχισμές τών σελίδων του.

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