attome

Middle English

Alternative forms

• athomus

Etymology

From Middle French athome, from Latin atomus (“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”).

Noun

attome

1. atom (fifteen ninety-fourths of a second)

Derived terms

• thome

Descendants

• English: atom
• Scots: atom

References

• “attō̆me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.