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Alteration of-oma, fromAncient Greek-ωμα(-ōma).
Only partially cognate to-some(“body”), fromσῶμα(sôma,“body”), in that both share the case ending-μα(-ma), but the ω is unrelated.
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Back-formation frommitome, reinforced bychromosome. Early examples includebiome (1916) andgenome, fromGermanGenom (1920).[1] Some association with genetics due to occurrence inchromosome andgenome.
-ome
FromAncient Greek-ωμα(-ōma).
-ome m (noun-forming suffix,plural-omes)
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