-ome
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /-oʊm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /-əʊm/
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.
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.
Derived terms
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Related terms
See also
- Appendix:Suffixes -ome and -omics
- -some
References
- “-ome” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
French
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɔm/
Derived terms
Terms derived from "-ome"
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