tome
noun
[ təʊm ]
• a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one.
• "a weighty tome"
Origin:
early 16th century (denoting one volume of a larger work): from French, via Latin from Greek tomos ‘section, roll of papyrus, volume’; related to temnein ‘to cut’.
-tome
combining form
• denoting an instrument for cutting.
• "microtome"
• denoting a section or segment.
• "myotome"
Origin:
-tome (sense 1) from Greek -tomon (neuter) ‘that cuts’; -tome (sense 2) from Greek tomē ‘a cutting’, both from temnein ‘to cut’.
