atomist

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
    — What distinguished the atomists from their opponents was not the belief in tiny particles that make up matter, but the question of what separated them.
  2. An adherent of the atomic theory.

词形变化

atomists plural

词源

Etymology tree
English atom
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English atomist
From atom + -ist.
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