athome
See also: at home
Middle French
Alternative forms
- antomme, antone, aptome
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin atomus, itself borrowed from ἄτομος (átomos). The h is unetymological but not unprecedented in Middle French. Compare autheur (no h in the origin Latin auctor).
Noun
athome m (plural athomes)
- atom (in classical philosophy, a tiny indivisible unit)
Descendants
- French: atome (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle English: attome
- English: atom
- Scots: atom
References
- Etymology and history of “atome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (athome, supplement)