-ome

Meaning

1. A mass of something.
2. The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual.

Etymology / origin

Alteration of -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma). Only partially cognate to -some (“body”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”), in that both share the case ending -μα (-ma), but the ω is unrelated.

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