tome

Meaning

  1. One in a series of volumes.
  2. A large or scholarly book.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/təʊm/
Etymology

From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).

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