-ome

See also: ome, omè, òme, and 'ome

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alteration of -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

Only 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
English terms suffixed with -ome

See also

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

References

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔm/

Suffix

-ome

  1. -oma

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.mɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔmɛ
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-ome

  1. inflection of -omy:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural