monatomic

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Etymology tree

English mon-

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós)

Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor.

Latin atomusbor.

Middle French athomebor.

Middle English attome

English atom

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English atomic

English monatomic

From mon- + atomic.

monatomic (not comparable)

(chemistry) Of an element, consisting of a single atom in the molecule, for example, the noble gases. Note: Strictly speaking, a molecule has at least two atoms.

Not to be confused with the similar sounding monotonic.

consisting of a single atom