English
tomont
From tomo- + -ont.
Formed from tomo- + -ont
Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’
Proto-Indo-European *tm̥-né-h₁-ti
Ancient Greek τέμνω ‘to cut’
Ancient Greek τόμος ‘section, slice’
English tomo-
Today it means
noun The life-stage of a protozoan where it encysts and reproduces.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tomont”. 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 / tomont