athome

== 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: attomeEnglish: atomScots: 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)