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From -όω (-óō) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel.

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.ma/

-ωμα • (-ōma)

a suffix indicating a structure or mass (especially pathological)

Greek: -ωμα (-oma)
→ English: -oma, -ome
→ French: -ome
→ Italian: -oma
→ Portuguese: -oma
→ Spanish: -oma

From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

-ωμα • (-oma) n

a suffix indicating a structure, system, or object

άμαξα (ámaxa, “body”), whence αμάξωμα (amáxoma, “bodywork”)
κουμπί (koumpí, “button”), whence κούμπωμα (koúmpoma, “buttoning”)