athome

See also: at home

Middle French

Alternative forms

antomme
antone
aptome

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin atomus, itself borrowed from ἄτομος (átomos). The h is unetymological and not unprecedented in Middle French. Compare autheur (no h in the origin Latin auctor).

Noun

athome m (plural athomes)

atom (in classical philosophy, a tiny indivisible unit)

References

“atome” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (athome, supplement)

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