What does atom mean in greek?

He named the atom after the Greek word atomos, which means 'that which can't be split.' ... An atom is the smallest unit of a particular kind of material. For example if you cut a gold block into smaller and smaller pieces you would eventually be left with one gold atom. read more

) meaning "slit", "slash", "cut". Therefore, atom means the "non-slit" (further). Another example for the affix "tom" is the Greek word "tomos" (Ï Ï Î¼Î¿Ï ) which also comes from the aforementioned affix "tom" and means "volume" (of a book) exactly because the volume of a book is slit in its pages. read more

Asked by: Deanna Answer The concept of the atom originated round 440 BC. Leucippus of Miletus came up with the idea. He and his pupil, Democritus refined and extended the idea in the years after. Almost all of the original writings of Leucippus and Democritus are lost. read more

The Greek root of atom is atomos, which means "indivisible," since the scientists who first gave the atom its name imagined it couldn't be split or divided into smaller pieces. Even though we know there are smaller things that make up an atom (protons, neutrons and electrons), it's still a good way to think about the word atom. read more