Where does “-treme” come from?

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

-treme (English): Having a trema or tremata of the type, position...

Definitions

  1. Having a trema or tremata of the type, position...

Ancestry of “-treme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latintremaaperture
2Ancient Greekτρῆμαhole, aperture, perforation
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-treme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek τρῆμα →