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-tomous

-tomous suffix: describes the cleavage of minerals.

Suffix

-tomous

  1. Describes the cleavage of minerals.

Origin of -tomous

From Latin -tomus, introduced by James Dwight Dana, from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “slice, something cut”). Perhaps modelled on Ancient Greek ἀκρότομος (akrótomos, “cut off sharply”, adjective).

Questions about -tomous

What does -tomous mean?
-tomous means describes the cleavage of minerals.
What part of speech is -tomous?
-tomous is a suffix.

Words near -tomous in the dictionary

  1. -tler
  2. -to-be
  3. -toin
  4. -tok
  5. -tome
  6. -tomous
  7. -tomy
  8. -ton
  9. -tonia
  10. -tope
  11. -topia

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