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Added 9 October 2026

tome

/təʊm/ noun

Latin root: tomus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tome at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A (usually) large and scholarly book.

Origin

From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”).

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