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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (athome, supplement)

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