Why was the $atom$ $"atom"$ so-named?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-30T18:40:50

The Greek word $α τ o μ o s$ $alphatauomuos$ means $uncuttable$ $"uncuttable"$ or $indivisible$ $"indivisible"$ .

And of course, we now know that this concept of indivisibility is incorrect. Why?

See this [old answer.](https://socratic.org/questions/what-greek-philosopher-said-that-atoms-could-not-be-created-destroyed-or-created#305200)

Why was the atom"atom" so-named?