Tome
/toʊm/noun
A large, heavy book, often a scholarly work.
Did you know?The word 'tome' comes from the Greek for 'cut', hinting at the practice of cutting scrolls into book form, a process once considered both sacred and scholarly.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tem-
“to cut or slice”
Ancient Greek
Greek
τόμος (tómos)
“a section or cut, particularly of a scroll or book”
Late Latin
Latin
tomus
“a volume or book, derived from the Greek”
Middle English
English
tome
“a large book, especially one of scholarly nature, borrowed from Latin”