Science / Latin word for particles

the word 'particles come from a Latin word, Particula, which means " Small part". Scientists use the word particle to describe matter that is too small to see.

Approximately 2000 years ago a Greek philosopher ( a philosopher is someone who thinks about the world around them ) called Democritus suggested that if you took a stone and cut it in half,
each half would have the same properties as the original stone. He reasoned that if you continued to cut the stone into smaller and smaller pieces, at same point you would reach a particle so tiny that it could no longer be divided. He called these particles atomos, maening " indivisible". Since Democritis suggested his idea,  many scientists