The abnihilisation of the etym

The splitting or annihilisation of the atom by Lord Rutherford in 1919 ("the first lord of Hurtreford").

Ab nihilo: Latin, 'from nothing'. (Creation from nothing, therefore the opposite to the annihilisation: Beginning versus End.)

Etym: etymology, the study of the origins of words. Greek 'etym' means 'true' and 'logos' is 'word'.

Joyce annihilates the word, he reduces language to atoms.

Atom / Adam are often fused in FW: "the sameold gamebold adomic structure . . . highly charged with electrons" (615.06-07), and "from atoms to ifs" (455.16-18).