-ome

See also: ome, omè, òme, and 'ome

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alteration of -oma, removing the case ending retained from its Ancient Greek [Term?] etymon -ωμα (-ōma). Partially cognate to -some (“body”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”), in that both share the case ending -μα (-ma), but the ω is unrelated.

Suffix

-ome

  1. A mass of something.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from mitome, reinforced by chromosome. Early examples include biome (1916) and genome, from German Genom (1920).[1] Some association with genetics due to occurrence in chromosome and genome.

Suffix

-ome

  1. (biology) The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual.
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-ome'>English words suffixed with -ome</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Suffixes -ome and -omics
  • -some

References

  1. ↑ “-ome” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɔm/

Suffix

-ome

  1. -oma

Derived terms

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