Etymograph

English

tomium

Tomium comes from New Latin tomium, from Ancient Greek τομός ‘sharp’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-1‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-ti1reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνω2‘to cut’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτομός3tomós‘sharp’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900tomium3
  6. Englishtodaytomium3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνω
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τομός
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English tomium

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνω‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-tiWiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνωreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνωWiktionary, Ancient Greek τομός‘to cut’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτομόςWiktionary, English tomiumtomós‘sharp’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900tomiumWiktionary, English tomium
  6. EnglishtodaytomiumWiktionary, English tomium

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’

contempt, templar, tempestuous, 34 more

through Ancient Greek τέμνω ‘to cut’

atom, epitome, tome, dichotomous, toma, 30 more

Today it means

noun The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tomium”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek τέμνω, Ancient Greek τομός. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- / tomium

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