-mere

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mere"

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros

Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros

Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)der.

English -mere

Derived from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

Suffix

-mere

1. Forming nouns with the sense of part, segment

Alternative forms

• -mer

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -mere

actinomere

adenomere

antennomere

antimere

aristomere

arthromere

blastomere

branchiomere

capsomere

centromere

cephalomere

chromomere

clavomere

costamere

cytomere

entomere

epimere

flagellomere

gonomery

gonopodomere

hyalomere

hypomere

opisthomerite

karyomere

macromere

mesomere

metamere

metatarsomere

micromere

myomere

neuromere

paramere

phytomere

podomere

prosomere

rhombomere

sarcomere

somitomere

spheromere

tarsomere

telomere

thoracomere

uromere

zygotomere

• enantiomere

Translations

Translations

• Polish: -mer (pl) m

Etymology 2

Identical with moor.

Suffix

-mere

1. A lakeside settlement; combining form of mere.

Related terms

• -more

Anagrams

• Emer., meer, erem-, REME, erme, reem, Emer