Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mero-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: mero-
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

prefix

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros) English mero- From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part, portion”), from μείρομαι (meíromai, “I take as a portion”).

Inflected Forms

mer- (alternative) meri- (alternative)

Antonyms

holo-

Questions

What does mero- mean?: part
Where does mero- come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros) English mero- From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part, portion”), from μείρομαι (meíromai, “I take as a portion”).

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