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Where does “τρῆμα” come from?

τρῆμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

τρῆμα (Ancient Greek): hole, aperture, perforation

Definitions

  1. hole, aperture, perforation

Ancestry of “τρῆμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “τρῆμα”

  • trematode
  • monotreme
  • peritreme
  • atreme
  • zonotreme
  • anatreme
  • -treme
  • nomotreme
  • anomotreme
  • trema
  • imbornal
  • tréma
  • trema
  • embornal
  • umbrenals
  • embrunals
  • Tremarctos
  • Tremarctos ornatus
  • Tremarctinae
  • τρηματώδης
  • ὀμβρινός
  • ὀμβρινά τρήματα
  • imburnal
  • trema
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →