Lemizh / English dictionary

admàc.

to make atoms

Usage notes

Atoms have been used as a metaphor for the indivisibility of human dignity and rights. The most famous instance is the beginning of the human rights charta, written in NLem times.

Etymology

poststem from singular of
< NLem adm‑a
< LMLem àtom‑yr
< Koi ἄ‑τομ‑ος ‘uncuttable > atom’, nominalisation, compound of
  Koi ἀ‑ ‘un-’
< SHell *n̥‑
< PIE *n̥‑, zero-grade prefix of
  PIE *ne ‘no, not’
 —and—
  Koi τέμν‑ω ‘cut’
< SHell *tm̥n‑ō, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *temh₁‑

Cognates

Eng atom; Eng un–; Eng contempt (via Lat con‑temnō ‘despise’)